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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-86af4a8c2edfb492585f9a4902cc5304" style="color:#200202;font-size:14px"><br><strong>Kristin &#8216;Krissy&#8217; Ramsey, of Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder last week for the fatal shooting of Ashley Okland, 15 years ago </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ffdf0195172def86dc11107e24642141" style="color:#200202;font-size:14px"><strong>The married mother of a college student son has been accused of killing Iowa realtor on Ashley Okland</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8e2c84c8b985a1bef5089c634ac46070" style="color:#200202;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Okland, 27, was shot twice in the head inside a model townhome in West Des Moines <strong>on April 8, 2011</strong> </strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35fd6d0343649edc720471b0a3ed9416" style="color:#200202;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>The <strong>alleged</strong> shooter, a title officer, was an employee of now-defunct Rottlund Homes, which owned the property where that Okland was showing</strong> </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-29cd3e1c71bc4544c07a3b49f752ebcc" style="color:#200202;font-size:14px"><strong>Ramsey, 53, &#8216;adamantly maintains her innocence,&#8217; as her court filings claims she is a &#8216;person of good moral character&#8217; </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fe81b9c7a1f0691e6410ba0f60845106" style="color:#200202;font-size:14px"><strong>She is being held in the Dallas County Jail on a $2 million cash bond, about which her defense has filed a motion is urging the judge to reduce to $100,000</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Kristin-Ramsey-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-495428" style="width:755px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Kristin Elizabeth Ramsey, 53, [photo], was arrested at home in Dallas County, Iowa, and charged with first-degree murder last week for the fatal shooting of Ashley Okland in <strong>2011</strong>.</strong></p>



<p>A cold case murder investigation has ensnared a Midwestern matron, going on a decade and half after the killing happened in Des Moines. <br>Realtor Ashley Okland, 27, was gunned down inside a model townhome in West Des Moines on April 8, 2011. Arrested last week and charged with first-degree murder last week for the fatal shooting of Okland, Kristin &#8216;Krissy&#8217; Ramsey, 53, &#8216;adamantly maintains her innocence,&#8217; new court filings revealed.<br>Ramsey who has denied killing Okland and is a &#8216;person of good moral character,&#8217; according to a 17-page bond review motion filed by her attorneys last Thursday, adding that her morality and mental state will be demonstrated in &#8216;forthcoming letters of support&#8217; from those who know her best. Furthermore, her lawyers argue, she is &#8216;aware of the serious nature of this charge. . . &#8230;. is taking this case seriously.&#8217; <br>Kristine Ramsey is held at the Dallas County Jail on a $2 million cash bond. <br>However, her attorney filed a motion seeking bail reduction to $100,000, arguing that &#8216;it will be next to impossible&#8217; for Ramsey to aid her defense in the 15-year-old cold case if she remains behind bars. <br>Moreover, with an annual income of $50,000 as a title officer, Kristine and her husband Toby, a local builder, cannot afford to post the $2 million cash bond ordered by the judge<strong> </strong><br>She &#8216;does not pose a flight risk,&#8217; her lawyers argue, citing her strong familial and community ties to Woodward, the small Des Moines suburb where the family resides.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Ashley-Okland-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-495430" style="width:840px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Kristin Ramsey was arrested and charged last week with the April 2011 cold case murder of Ashley Okland, [photo], in Dallas, Texas</strong></p>



<p>Ramsey has lived in Woodward since she was 10 years old, according to the court documents.<br>She is deeply rooted in the Dallas County community, with all of her &#8216;closest family and friend connections&#8217; being based in Iowa, the filing said.<br>She and her husband Toby, 58, live in a modest $286,240 two-bedroom, two-bathroom home that they built from the ground up.<br> The couple were known to visit their son Tanner, 20, on campus in Iowa.<br>Ramsey&#8217;s mother and stepfather also live in nearby Johnston, a larger city located approximately 25 miles south of Woodward. She also has a sibling that lives in &#8216;central Iowa,&#8217; the motion noted.<br>Her &#8216;support structure provides a convincing incentive for her to remain in the area,&#8217; the defense argued.<br>Her attorneys further highlighted her dedication to the overall Dallas County community, including her clean criminal record.<br>Ramsey&#8217;s only other run-in with the law was in 2001 when she was issued a speeding ticket for going up to 10mph over in a 55mph zone, court records show. She pled guilty to that offense.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Kristine Ramsey [right], is a &#8216;person of good moral character,&#8217; her lawyers argued in a bond motion petition filed last Thursday. Moreover, with an annual income of $50,000 as a title officer, Ramsey and her husband Toby [left], cannot afford to post the $2 million cash bond ordered by the judge </strong></p>



<p>The defense also cited her &#8216;seamless employment&#8217; in the Dallas County area since graduating from college.<br>Ramsey currently works for Midland Title &; Escrow, an organization that&#8217;s part of Iowa Realty Co. The same organization where Okland was employed at the time she was killed on the job. <br>At the time of the alleged murder, then 38-year-old Kristine Ramsey was employed by now-defunct Rottlund Homes, which owned the townhomes that Okland had been showing as a realtor. The Linkedin profile for &#8216;Krissy&#8217; Ramsey, shows she worked as a sales manager at Rottlund Homes in 2011.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Ashely-Okland-was-shot-inside-this-model-townhome-in-West-Des-Moines-Iowa-on-April-8-2011.png" alt="" class="wp-image-495437" style="width:840px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Okland was shot twice inside this model townhome in West Des Moines <strong>on April 8, 2011</strong>. The <strong>alleged</strong> shooter was an employee of now-defunct Rottlund Homes, which owned the property where Okland was killed</strong></p>



<p>The Ramsey family lives in a modest $286,240 home that they built themselves in the small town of Woodward, Iowa<strong>.</strong> Kristin&#8217;s husband Toby Ramsey, has owned his own construction business since the 90s. <br>Despite being a two-income family, Ramsey cannot afford to post the $2 million cash bond ordered by the judge, the filing said.<br>The title officer earns $50,000 annually, a financial affidavit revealed and Ramsey, according to her attorneys, &#8216;like virtually every other person in the State of Iowa, is unable to post this bond.&#8217;<br>In her petition for a lower bond, Ramsey agreed to undergo GPS monitoring, abide by a curfew and be monitored by a pretrial release officer. <br>She will also voluntarily turn over her passport. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Kristin Ramsey, seen [left], with her son Tanner, and husband Toby Ramsey, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on March 17, for the fatal shooting of Ashley Okland in <strong>2011</strong>. The realtor was showing a model home owned by the company where she worked as a sales manager</strong></p>



<p>Ramsey&#8217;s defense, in a separate motion filed last week, has moved to squash an expected warrant to seize and search her cell phone and other electronic devices.<br>The attorneys argued it is not necessary for law enforcement to search through &#8216;phones or other electronic devices that did not even exist at the time of the alleged events 15 years ago.&#8217;<br>They do ask that if the warrant is granted that a protection order be granted to &#8216;protect otherwise privileged and confidential information.&#8217;<br>Okland, 27, was shot twice inside a model home that she had been showcasing for Iowa Realty Co in broad daylight on April 8, 2011.<br>An employee at the townhome found the realtor in critical condition after he heard a commotion and went to investigate. <br>He called 911 and Okland was taken to Iowa Methodist Medical Center, where she later died.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Ashley-Okland-3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-495447" style="width:840px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Ashely Okland, [L-R], 27, was killed with &#8216;malice aforethought, willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation,&#8217; according to the indictment against Ramsey, who has denied the accusation</strong></p>



<p>Ramsey was indicted and arrested for the killing in Dallas County. A grand jury indicted Ramsey on the charge of first-degree murder on March 17, but no probable cause affidavit indicating how investigators connected her to the cold case has been filed.<br>Ramsey according to the indictment, killed Okland with &#8216;malice aforethought, willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation.&#8217; West Des Moines Police have not said what led them to arrest Ramsey or what her motive may have been, either. <br>The nexus between the two women remains unknown, with the only apparent connection between Okland and her suspected killer being their working in the real estate industry.<br>The murder suspect is due back in court on March 30, where a judge is expected to rule on both motions filed by the defense.<br><br></p>

Female title officer, 53, charged in 2011 cold case murder of glamorous female realtor, shot twice in the head, inside a model home in Iowa
