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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

'Black Widow' murders husband, then targets, kills her 'lookalike' to assume her identity! On the run now!

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

A nationwide hunt is on for a woman who allegedly killed a woman who looked like her to steal her identity so she could hide while on the run for murdering her husband. Lois Riess, 56, is now believed to be in Texas. Nancy Grace follows Lois Riess's deadly trail in this episode with forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, psychologist Caryn Stark, lawyer Mickey Sherman, and Crime Stories contributing reporter John Lemley. Also, Grace talks with private investigator Vincent Hill and reporter Art Harris about the Tex McIver murder trial as the jury deliberates.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:29.5

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0:39.7

Crime stories with Nancy Grace on Sirius XM Triumph channel 132.

0:50.1

How in the hay is a nearly 60-year-old woman accused of murdering her husband

0:57.7

and her doppelganger, her bottle blonde look alike? How in the world is this happening?

1:07.4

Right now a multi-state manhood goes on for a woman accused of murdering her husband

1:12.4

and a complete female stranger. As just in as we go to air right now, brand new close circuit

1:19.6

TV footage showing the alleged killer chatting up victim number two laying on the charm.

1:27.8

I mean, Nancy Grace, this is crime stories and this is what we know. Lois Reese spotted

1:34.3

perched up on a bar stool, reeling in her second murder victim according to police.

1:40.3

With me and all star Alina, Joe Scott Morgan, forensic expert professor of forensics at Jacksonville

1:46.5

State University, John Lemley, crime stories investigative reporter, Mickey Sherman,

1:51.8

renowned defense attorney, and multiple jurisdictions and author of, how can you defend those people?

1:59.5

Let that soak him and veteran New York psychologist joining me from Manhattan, Karen Stark.

2:06.7

Straight out to you, John Lemley. Let's start at the beginning.

2:10.0

Yes. Okay, I know this woman is on the run. I believe she's, whoa, check it out.

2:16.0

That's a million dollar smile. She's got going on in that bar up on the bar stool.

2:21.3

Uh-huh. She looks like a cover girl and I'm not kidding. She's got the bleach blonde hair,

2:26.4

downpast her shoulders, perfect makeup. I think that's my shade of lipstick. This chick's wearing

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