A woman has been arrested in the 2011 cold case murder of an Iowa real estate agent, authorities said.
Kristin Ramsey, 53, was arrested on Tuesday for first-degree murder in the death of Ashley Okland, the West Des Moines Police said.
Okland was shot and killed while working at a model townhouse on April 8, 2011, according to the Iowa Attorney General’s Office Cold Case Unit.
Okland’s death sent “shockwaves” throughout the state and “haunted” the real estate community, West Des Moines Police Assistant Chief Jody Hayes said at a news conference Wednesday.
Police and prosecutors did not discuss what led to Ramsey’s arrest, but Ramsey at the time worked for Rottlund Homes, the company that built the model home where Okland was killed, Ramseyβs then-boss, Steven Kahn, told ABC News…