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Medical examiner: Former Miss North Dakota-USA died of heart condition

Samantha Edwards died of complications from a heart condition, the medical examiner said.

By Liz Sawyer

August 5, 2016 at 10:33AM

Samantha "Sami" Edwards (Vince Tuss/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A former beauty queen who died at her Minneapolis home in June perished of natural causes, the Hennepin County medical examiner said Thursday.

Samantha "Sami" M. Edwards, who was 2003 Miss North Dakota-USA, died of complications from a heart condition, authorities said. Police found the 37-year-old woman deceased inside her home in the 1700 block of Upton Avenue N. on the morning of June 14.

A GoFundMe page started in her honor raised more than $20,000 for funeral expenses.

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Liz Sawyer

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Liz Sawyer covers Minneapolis crime and policing at the Star Tribune. Since joining the newspaper in 2014, she has reported extensively on Minnesota law enforcement, state prisons and the youth justice system.