Jason Nyberg
Jason Nyberg, 36, died on September 5, 2015, in his cell at the Faribault prison in Faribault, Minnesota. Police said an autopsy found that methamphetamine toxicity caused his death after he ingested gelatin capsules of the drug that a visitor had passed to him during a visit about three hours before he was found. Court proceedings described an investigation that said the capsules were placed in his mouth and dissolved, and that account treats his death as a homicide. The accounts differ on whether his death was an overdose or a homicide, and a woman was later charged in connection with the drugs.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. According to the autopsy, methamphetamine toxicity killed him after he swallowed drug capsules that were passed to him during a visit.
Reported by: Rice County court proceedings (court); autopsy; Faribault police (outside investigators).