Grand Forks woman sentenced in Minnesota to 15 years in prison for third degree murder

GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks woman has been sentenced in Polk County District Court to 15 years in prison for third degree murder. During a hearing Thursday, Megan Kelly Thorsen was sentenced to 15 years in prison with credit for 180 days. Her lawyer asked for credit for an additional 266 days for her time served in North Dakota but was denied. She is required to serve a minimum 10 years before being eligible for parole. Her sentence will run concurrently with the sentences she receives for her two open cases in North Dakota. Thorsen sold fentanyl to a woman who later overdosed and died. She is one of two women who have been sentenced in the case. Both Thorsen and Rachel Keturah Boswell were found guilty of felony third degree murder for unintentionally causing the death of a person by distributing fentanyl. Boswell was sentenced in December to seven years and two months in prison with credit for 89 days.

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