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More details emerge on Williston woman’s death

By Morgan DeVriesJoel Porter,

2024-08-21

WILLISTON, ND ( KXNET ) — We’re finding out more about a woman who was found dead earlier this year in Williston.

According to a report from the State Forensic Medical Examiner, Breeanna Ward died of an overdose.

An autopsy performed in May showed that it involved a combination of meth and fentanyl.

Police in Williston had been looking for Ward since late February. Her body was found nearly three months later in a garage along 11th Avenue in Williston.

The autopsy says Ward’s death was an accident. She was 28 years old.

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Julie Wetch

08-23

if it was an accident how could she have laid there for 3 months without being found?

ya ok Joe

08-23

so this was an accidental overdose but Mattew Perry was a homicide?

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