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MANKATO â Authorities are investigating the death of a 60-year-old Lake Crystal woman whoâd been jailed in Mankato Thursday, Capt. Paul Barta, Blue Earth County investigator, said in a press release.
Nancy Lou Antonson was unresponsive when she was checked about 8:20 a.m. Friday in a cell at Blue Earth County Jail.
Lifesaving efforts by jail staff and ambulance personnel were unsuccessful.
A deputy had arrested Antonson at about 8:15 p.m. Thursday for suspicion of DWI and drug possession. She then was turned over to the Blue Earth County Jail.
The Ramsey County Medical Examinerâs Office is involved in the investigation
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Dec 19, 2020
MANKATO Blue Earth County is investigating the death of a 60-year-old Lake Crystal woman who died while in custody at the Blue Earth County Jail.
Nancy Lou Antonson of Lake Crystal had been arrested by a Blue Earth County deputy on Thursday at 8:14 p.m. on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and drug possession. She was turned over to the Blue Earth County Jail to be held for court appearances.
On Friday, at 8:21 a.m. jail staff found Antonson unresponsive in her cell. Resuscitation efforts by jail staff and ambulance personnel were unsuccessful.
The incident remains under investigation in conjunction with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Former Rochester Man Murdered in St. Paul
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St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The victim of the most recent murder in St. Paul was a former Rochester attorney.
The St. Paul Police Department says the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man who was fatally shot while he was driving his car last night as 55-year-old Jeffrey Mintz. A family member has confirmed the St. Paul man was a former Rochester resident.
St. Paul Police say Mintz called 911 just before 10 PM and reported he had been shot while driving on University Avenue. Officers found him in his car near the intersection with Snelling Avenue with a gunshot wound to his chest.
Michael Spatz and Ken Fishman, friends of Mintz s, spoke with KSTP Thursday night about their friend. He was the greatest guy alive, said Spatz. [He] loved Minnesota. He left Chicago for it. He was a big fan of Minnesota and everything the state has to offer.
Mintz s friends said he graduated from the University of Minnesota and had a family law practice in Rochester. He also started an environmental company that didn t make it.
Spatz said he loved everybody and life. Jeff was passionate about social justice and racial equality, Fishman added.
Mintz was an Uber Eats driver and was said to pick up whatever was needed for others so he could deliver it, speaking on those who are homeless or in need of food, not just customers.