The woman who died in a Bloomington holding cell last week has been identified amid an investigation into the circumstances of her death.

The family of 29-year-old Desiree Marie Rosell identified her as the woman found dead Friday morning inside a holding cell in the Bloomington Police Department.

Bloomington police confirmed her death on Friday, adding that the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation into the matter.

Sheriff’s office investigating woman’s death in Bloomington holding cell

Rosell’s family says she was detained around 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, and told officers during her arrest that she has severe asthma and anxiety, which “can cause life-threatening panic attacks.”

The Bloomington Police Department verified that the woman who died in a holding cell was arrested and booked into their facility at about 5:40 p.m. on Thursday, held on probable cause for second-degree assault.

The family went on to say Rosell was placed in an isolated holding cell, and they got a call around 5:30 a.m. on Friday, informing them of her death.

The police department also said there were no “immediate signs indicating the cause of death.”

The GoFundMe for Rosell’s family is available HERE.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The Minnesota State Patrol released statewide data Monday about its response during the weekend’s winter storm.

According to the State Patrol’s Public Information Officer ‘X’ page, between midnight Friday, March 13 and 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 15, there were:

• 464 property damage crashes
• 40 injury crashes
• 1 fatal crash
• 46 spin outs
• 651 vehicles off the road
• 19 jackknifed semis

According to State Patrol’s online crash reports, the fatal crash happened in Meeker County Saturday. A 22-year-old man passed away in that crash. Troopers reported he was not wearing a seat belt.

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Eden Lake Township resident Arlis Sayler, a retired agricultural engineer and project manager, is running to represent House District 13A in the Minnesota House of Representatives. This is an open seat in a district that covers much of Stearns County.

Sayler, a member of the DFL, grew up on a dairy farm, worked in the North Dakota oil fields for two years after high school, then earned a degree in agricultural engineering, according to a release. He spent 35 years with Cargill, as a supervisor, plant manager, operations manager and project team leader. He plans to bring his knowledge of farm and food systems, project management, problem solving and capital planning at a time of massive disruption to our economy and communities after unprecedented federal action in the state to the Minnesota House.

“I spent my career fixing systems that were broken,” Sayler said in a release. “The roving patrols of masked federal agents in Minnesota are continuing and the impact on our economy, our workers, our business owners, our schools, our children and families will require a long recovery. I am seeking the Minnesota House 13A position because I want to be part of that long-term work to help rebuild Minnesota’s economy, and our small town and rural communities.”

If elected, Sayler would like to:

• Serve on the Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee: To build on his life’s work related to farming, rural development, and technology and strengthen Minnesota’s agricultural economy
• Work on rural health care: Attract doctors and nurses to rural areas; address long distances to care; promote policies to sustain rural hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities, which face risks of closure and service reductions; address disparities in health insurance premiums, which often are more expensive in greater Minnesota compared to the Twin Cities metro area; address farmers’ and small business owners’ loss of federal tax credits for purchasing coverage on the health insurance marketplace.
• Restore Public Safety and Local Control: Sayler is calling for an end to federal overreach that bypasses the U.S. Constitution, steps over local law enforcement and threatens legal gun owners and peaceful residents.