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   MINNEAPOLIS — The wife of Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner   
   Paul Schnell is accused of trying to kill their vulnerable adult son by   
   drug overdose.   
      
   According to a complaint filed in Ramsey County, Julie Louise Myhre-   
   Schnell, 64, of St. Paul faces one felony count of first-degree attempted   
   murder. She was charged by warrant.   
      
   An investigation into Myhre-Schnell began in June after the Ramsey County   
   Sheriff's Office learned of an attempted homicide last December at a group   
   home in Vadnais Heights. Myhre-Schnell allegedly told multiple people that   
   she tried to kill her son by putting anxiety medication in his feeding bag   
   "hoping he would go to sleep forever."   
      
   On June 15, an investigator spoke with Myhre-Schnell about her confessions   
   and she admitted to trying to kill her son, the complaint said. She   
   allegedly told the investigator that she crushed up Lorazepam pills and   
   put them into a "slurry" of water in a container to bring to her son's   
   facility.   
      
   According to the complaint, Myhre-Schnell put the mixture into her son's   
   feeding bag on Dec. 3. He was taken to the hospital the next day due to   
   "altered mental status, decreased level of responsiveness, and   
   hypotension," the court document said. One of the diagnoses given was   
   acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Medical records showed that no   
   toxicology was completed on the victim's blood at the hospital.   
      
   A source close to the case tells WCCO that the victim does not appear to   
   have suffered any lasting health effects from the alleged overdose   
   attempt.   
      
   In her interview with the investigator, Myhre-Schnell allegedly said that   
   she "completely regretted" that her son survived.   
      
   After obtaining a search warrant, the investigator confirmed that Myhre-   
   Schnell had refilled her Lorazepam prescription two days before the   
   alleged crime. The investigator also collected screenshots of Myhre-   
   Schnell's messages to family members where she confessed to the crime, the   
   complaint said.   
      
   Court documents show that she texted her son in early August, confessing   
   she tried to kill him. He told investigators, "it was heavy" and "it's a   
   lot to process."   
      
   In an email to WCCO, Paul Schnell said, "It would be inappropriate for me   
   to comment under the circumstances." His divorce attorney confirmed that   
   she is his estranged wife.   
      
   If convicted, Myhre-Schnell could face up to 20 years in prison.   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/wife-of-doc-commissioner-charged-   
   attempted-murder-son/   
      
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