WILLMAR, Minn. — A 13-year-old boy was pronounced dead Monday at a juvenile treatment facility in west-central Minnesota.
According to a Monday news release, Willmar Police Chief Jim Felt said staff at Prairie Lakes Youth Programs, law enforcement and emergency medical services provided an initial medical response after the report of an unresponsive client, but it was determined the 13-year-old boy was deceased.
Police and EMS were dispatched at 7:50 a.m. Monday to the facility in the 1800 block of Civic Center Drive Northeast. Felt did not identify the facility by name, but Prairie Lakes Youth Programs, a privately operated provider of residential juvenile treatment, is located there.
Felt said the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension will lead the investigation into the death because it occurred in a state-licensed facility. Felt said at this time there is no indication of any trauma or violence related to the boy’s death.
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