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Realtor's cold case murder suspect accused of fleeing scene, skipping 911 call in new witness account: report 74%

By Julia Bonavita0%

4/10/2026, 5:49:46 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 50.3% saturation with 229 hits. Analysis detected 1,229 faulty-reasoning hits from 455 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 67% and a BS Rank of 74% (4,409 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 73.80% of the article peer group.

The woman arrested in connection with the 2011 cold case murder of an Iowa real estate agent was reportedly spotted acting "in an erratic manner" by a witness immediately after gunshots, according to newly released court documents. 
Kristin Ramsey, 53, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ashley Okland on April 8, 2011. 
She was arrested last month, marking the latest development in the 15-year-long cold case. 
Okland was fatally shot twice at close range, once in the chest and another in the face, while hosting a model townhome owned by Rottlund Homes  the same company in which Ramsey was employed at the time of the alleged killing. 
REALTOR'S COLD CASE MURDER FINALLY SOLVED AFTER 15 YEARS, POLICE SAY 
In a new court filing, a witness who lived next door reported hearing two loud noises before seeing Ramsey outside the front door of the townhome, according to KCCI. 
The witness also reportedly told authorities she saw Ramsey pacing outside her vehicle and using her phone upon looking out her second-story window. 
The court filing indicates Ramsey called a colleague at Rottlund Homes immediately following the alleged shooting, but did not call 911, the outlet reported. 
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Shortly afterward, the witness reported seeing Ramsey "back up at a high rate of speed in an erratic manner and leave the area," court documents show, according to KCCI. 
SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Authorities also indicated the witness  not Ramsey  called 911 to report the shooting. 
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Prosecutors have since revealed that Ramsey has given conflicting versions of her whereabouts on the day of the alleged murder in multiple interviews since the investigation began, according to KCCI. 
Court records also show that authorities discovered several firearms, illegal substances and violent posters inside Ramsey’s home upon executing a search warrant on May 3, 2011, the outlet reported. 
LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The same items were reportedly found after a second search warrant was executed at Ramsey’s home shortly before her arrest this spring. 
A motion has reportedly been filed by the state opposing Ramsey’s request to lower her bond from $2 million to $100,000. 
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FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB Authorities have not released a potential motive, and Ramsey has not yet entered a plea in the case. 
She is expected to appear in court Friday for a bail hearing. 
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP Ramsey’s defense attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. 
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15.8%
Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
19.6%
Representativeness Heuristic
9.2%
Hindsight Bias
2.4%
Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
16.3%
Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
4.6%
Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
5.5%
Negativity Bias
50.3%
Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
4.8%
Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
10.3%
Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
6.4%
False Dilemma
5.3%
Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
6.4%
Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
2.4%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
9.2%
Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
4%
Appeal to Nature
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
20.4%
Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
14.5%
Quote-first Misdirection
14.5%
Biased Writer Voice
8.1%
Indoctrination
0%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
26.2%

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