Woman sentenced in fatal drug overdose of St. Cloud woman

ST. CLOUD (WJON News) — A woman who pleaded guilty to a murder charge for a fatal drug overdose more than three years ago has been sentenced.

Stearns County judge sentences 28-year-old man Ashley Kapol to seven years and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of third-degree murder in March.

Kapol was wanted on a number of warrants, including third-degree murder in connection with the fatal overdose of a St. Cloud woman in June 2020. She was found and arrested last December.

According to the criminal complaint, St. Cloud police were called to investigate a death that occurred in the 3300 block of North 14th Street just before midnight on June 20, 2020. The officer found a woman dead on the floor of bedroom.

The caller said he went to see the woman after becoming concerned that she was not responding to his calls and texts. Court records show the victim was not breathing when he found her.

An autopsy determined she died of an accidental fentanyl overdose.

Police eventually found the woman's purse and cellphone in her car, but were unable to unlock the phone. In February 2023, authorities used new technology to unlock the victim's phone and find a chat thread between the victim and Kapol.

Records show Kapol agreed to sell the woman a Perc 30 pill on the date of her death. Perc 30 tablets often contain fentanyl.

Kapol gets credit for 282 days in county jail.

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