Naytahwaush Woman Appears To Have Died of Sepsis, Not Gunshot Wounds

MAHNOMEN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A Naytahwaush, Minnesota woman that was found last night bleeding from the arm and unresponsive was not the victim of a shooting, but rather sepsis.

Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office and White Earth Police say the 56-year-old woman appeared to have an entrance and exit wound similar to a gunshot wound.

She died at Mahnomen Health Center.

A preliminary exam by UND Forensic Pathology Center revealed that the victim had two IV wounds from a previous surgery that had become severely infected, causing an artery in the arm to bleed.

They say the victim died of sepsis.

Her name has not been released.

The case remains under investigation by several agencies including Minnesota BCA.