Case DIH-2472
Kelly Jo Nelsrud
A Grand Forks woman whose sister told investigators she bought from Nelsrud the fentanyl patch she sold to a 27-year-old man found dead on January 17, 2018; a conspiracy count was dismissed.
- Court
- Federal, District of North Dakota
- State
- North Dakota
- Year of death
- 2018
- Year sentenced
- 2019
- Drugs
- Fentanyl (patch)
- Conduct
- Upstream supplier
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Aiding and abetting distribution of a controlled substance resulting in serious bodily injury and death (two counts)
- Plea or trial
- Not reported in reviewed source
- Sentence
- 12 and a half years in prison
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what North Dakota’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see North Dakota in the state law guide.
Sources
- thedickinsonpress.comSecond grand forks woman sentenced for role in fentanyl overdose
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