On July 26 at approximately 8:50 pm, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible death on Hwy 102 approximately seven miles from Fertile. Katie Elizabeth Flick (32) of Erskine was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to UND Pathology for an autopsy. Georgie Piatkoff (29) of Erskine was transported to Riverview Hospital.
After further investigation the incident is suspected to be a Fentanyl overdose and Piatkoff and Andre Laschon Metcalf (43) of Crookston were arrested and are pending charges. Approximately 16 M30, fake, Percocet pills were recovered which are suspected to contain Fentanyl. M30 pills have been flooding the region and are extremely deadly as they have been the source of multiple overdoses.
No further information is being released at this time as the investigation continues.
This is a joint investigation with the Pine to Prairie Narcotics Task Force. Assisting agencies are the Fertile Fire Department, County EMS, and the Crookston Police Dept.