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Cassie Nygren Pleads Not Guilty To Homicide Charges

Lawmaker's Daughter Facing 10 Charges, Including Homicide In Death Of Jennifer Skeen

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The daughter of a state legislator has pleaded not guilty to delivering the drugs that killed a pregnant woman in northeastern Wisconsin.

Cassie Nygren is facing 10 charges, including first-degree reckless homicide in the death of Jennifer Skeen last June. Authorities say Skeen died of a fentanyl overdose.

WLUK-TV reports Nygren’s attorney is seeking a change in venue. The case is being tried in Brown County. Nygren’s boyfriend, Shawn Gray, is also charged in the case. He’s due in court Thursday.

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Nygren’s father, Rep. John Nygren, has been public about his daughter’s struggle with drugs and has sponsored numerous laws aimed at combating the opioid epidemic.

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