A lady has been arrested within the 2011 chilly case homicide of an Iowa actual property agent, authorities mentioned.
Kristin Ramsey, 53, was arrested on Tuesday for first-degree homicide within the loss of life of Ashley Okland, the West Des Moines Police mentioned.
West Des Moines Police – PHOTO: Kristin Ramsey, 53, is charged with first-degree homicide within the loss of life of Ashley Okland.
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Okland was shot and killed whereas working at a mannequin townhouse on April 8, 2011, in response to the Iowa Legal professional Common’s Workplace Chilly Case Unit.
Okland’s loss of life despatched “shockwaves” all through the state and “haunted” the actual property neighborhood, West Des Moines Police Assistant Chief Jody Hayes mentioned at a information convention Wednesday.
Iowa Legal professional Common – PHOTO: An undated photograph of Ashley Okland who was killed in 2011.
Police and prosecutors didn’t talk about what led to Ramsey’s arrest, however Ramsey on the time labored for Rottlund Properties, the corporate that constructed the mannequin house the place Okland was killed, Ramsey’s then-boss, Steven Kahn, instructed ABC Information.
Khan mentioned nothing about Ramsey led him to suspect she could have been concerned in Okland’s loss of life.
“She was the nicest woman. I’m completely shocked,” he mentioned.
Kahn famous that he sat subsequent to Ramsey at Okland’s funeral.
“There’s nothing from a enterprise standpoint that I might see why it might have occurred,” Kahn mentioned, including about Ramsey, “I don’t know about something in her private life.”
LinkedIn – PHOTO: Undated photograph of Kristin Ramsey.
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Police and prosecutors declined to debate particulars of the case, with Dallas County Legal professional Matt Schultz solely saying on the information convention, “After listening to the proof, a Dallas County grand jury issued a real invoice indicting Kristin Ramsey with the homicide of Ashley Okland.”
Okland’s sister, Brittany Bruce, instructed reporters on Wednesday, “That Friday afternoon when Ashley was taken from us appears so way back. We had misplaced our hope to find solutions and having any justice.”
She thanked the detectives and prosecutors for his or her relentless work on the case.
“We’ve got full confidence of their talents to see this by means of,” she mentioned.