Iowa homicide suspect Kristin Ramsey launched on lowered bond after Ashley Okland chilly case arrest
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 legal file.
Kristin Ramsey, the 53-year-old accused with fatally capturing Ashley Okland at a West Des Moines townhouse on April 8, 2011, bonded out of the Dallas County Jail on Thursday, in keeping with courtroom information seen by The Submit.
Ramsey was being held on $2 million bail after her March 17 arrest, earlier than a decide 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.
Choose Coleman McAllister was persuaded to cut back Ramsey’s bail after her attorneys argued she had robust ties to the group and had a non-existent legal previous, KCCI reported.
“(Ramsey) has no legal file apart from a single visitors ticket 25 years in the past. Defendant has had no disciplinary points whereas she has been within the Dallas County Jail. Jail workers have expressed no issues that she poses any threat of self-harm,” McAllister mentioned in his submitting, seen by the outlet.
The decide additionally famous Ramsey hadn’t fled the state regardless of the continued investigation into Okland’s demise.
“After contemplating Defendant’s robust group 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 Court docket 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 Court docket’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 keeping 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 Houses, had been an individual of curiosity within the case from the beginning, after she was seen by neighbors pacing round exterior moments after the capturing, KCCI reported.
She was questioned a number of instances by detectives over time and had made conflicting statements about the place she was on the time of the capturing.
Two search warrants had been performed 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 keeping 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 over time, with the attorneys asking the officers handy over all proof they’ve.
No motive behind Okland’s demise has been revealed.
Ramsey is anticipated to return to courtroom on June 19.
A jury trial is scheduled for January 2027.
