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Castle Rogers Ahlbeck

30 years old · died August 15, 2022 · Minnesota Correction Facility - Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota

Castle Rodger Ahlbeck, 30, died on August 15, 2022, at the Minnesota Correction Facility - Stillwater, where he was held. The Department of Corrections said he was found unresponsive in his cell around 11 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene. The department said staff found substances and paraphernalia in his cell, and preliminary tests found methamphetamine and fentanyl. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause and manner of death, and the department's Office of Special Investigations is looking into how drugs got into the facility.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Department of Corrections says staff found drug paraphernalia in his cell and preliminary tests were positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl, and the medical examiner has not yet ruled on the cause or manner of death.

Reported by: Minnesota Department of Corrections (spokesman Nicholas Kimball) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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