A former Miss North Dakota-USA was found dead Tuesday in a Minneapolis home.
Former Miss North Dakota-USA found dead in Minneapolis
Medical examiner to determine the cause of death.
June 16, 2016 at 6:17PM
Investigators are waiting for the Hennepin County medical examiner to determine the cause of Samantha M. Edwards' death, said Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder.
Police were called about 7:30 a.m. to a house in the 1700 block of Upton Avenue N., where they found Edwards' body.
Edwards, 37, known as "Sami" by her friends, was Miss North Dakota-USA in 2003.
She "was one of the most vibrant, crazy, compassionate, loyal balls of energy you could ever come across in life," Jessica Dereschuk said on a GoFundMe page started to help pay for funeral expenses and other costs. "A conversation with her could either leave you full of adrenaline or utterly exhausted. She was a spitfire, and with Sami, you never knew what she'd throw your way — but you ALWAYS knew she would be there for you. She was awesome like that."
Dereschuk started the GoFundMe page, which has raised around $19,000.
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