The Iowa homicide suspect charged within the chilly case killing of a realtor throughout an open home 15 years in the past was launched from jail after her attorneys painted her as an upstanding citizen with no prison file.
Kristin Ramsey, the 53-year-old accused with fatally taking pictures Ashley Okland at a West Des Moines townhouse on April 8, 2011, bonded out of the Dallas County Jail on Thursday, in line with courtroom information considered by The Put up.
Ramsey was being held on $2 million bail after her March 17 arrest, earlier than a choose lowered it to $500,000 this week.
She posted a $50,000 money bond, 10% of her amended bail, and was launched simply after midday Thursday.
Decide Coleman McAllister was persuaded to scale back Ramsey’s bail after her attorneys argued she had sturdy ties to the neighborhood and had a non-existent prison previous, KCCI reported.
“(Ramsey) has no prison file apart from a single site visitors ticket 25 years in the past. Defendant has had no disciplinary points whereas she has been within the Dallas County Jail. Jail employees have expressed no issues that she poses any threat of self-harm,” McAllister stated in his submitting, considered by the outlet.
The choose additionally famous Ramsey hadn’t fled the state regardless of the continuing investigation into Okland’s demise.
“After contemplating Defendant’s sturdy neighborhood and household ties, her historical past of secure employment, and that she has remained within the space over the previous 15 years whereas the investigation proceeded, the Courtroom determines whereas there stays a threat that Defendant might flee to keep away from prosecution if launched on bail, that threat is comparatively average within the Courtroom’s estimation.”
As a part of her launch settlement, Ramsey will stay below home arrest, be positioned on 24/7 GPS monitoring and have any firearms confiscated from her dwelling, in line with the outlet.
Ramsey was indicted by a grand jury on March 17 on a first-degree homicide cost.
Okland, 27, was discovered on the ground inside a West Des Moines townhome mannequin unit affected by two gunshot wounds.
She was rushed to a hospital the place she was pronounced useless.
Ramsey, an administrative assistant and gross sales supervisor for townhome developer Rottlund Properties, had been an individual of curiosity within the case from the beginning, after she was seen by neighbors pacing round exterior moments after the taking pictures, KCCI reported.
She was questioned a number of occasions by detectives through the years and had made conflicting statements about the place she was on the time of the taking pictures.
Two search warrants had been carried out on Ramsey’s Woodward dwelling, one in Might 2011 and one other the day she was arrested, with officers recovering a number of firearms, unlawful substances, and posters threatening violence every time, in line with the outlet.
Ramsey’s attorneys filed a movement in courtroom final week claiming state prosecutors knowledgeable them that proof within the case had been misplaced or destroyed through the years, with the legal professionals asking the officers at hand over all proof they’ve.
No motive behind Okland’s demise has been revealed.
Ramsey is predicted to return to courtroom on June 19.
A jury trial is scheduled for January 2027.
