Grand Forks, N.D. (KFGO) - A Crookston woman has pleaded guilty for her role in a drug-related murder in Grand Forks.
Lorie Ortiz, 42, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to murder for attempting to destroy evidence, namely cell phone, after Austin Forsman was killed in the parking lot of Flying J last March.
The murder investigation uncovered a large meth trafficking ring in the Red River Valley. Thirteen people have been tied to the ring and charged in federal court.
Krystal Feist has pleaded guilty to the murder and will be sentenced in August.
