Rickie Jensen, a 63-year-old White/Caucasian man from Fergus Falls, Minnesota, died in early June 2026. Publicly available funeral information confirms his death and that arrangements were handled locally, but little official information has been released explaining the circumstances that led to his death. No publicly documented arrest, criminal charge, named suspect, prosecution, trial, or conviction connected to Jensen's death has been located.
A close family member has provided additional information raising serious questions about the circumstances in which Jensen was found. These statements represent the family member's account and concerns and could not be independently verified. According to the family member, she traveled to Fergus Falls after Jensen's death and spoke with both the Fergus Falls Police Department and the funeral home. She said she was told that authorities had concluded Jensen died of natural causes.
The family member disputes that conclusion. She reported finding what she described as carpeting heavily soaked with blood, with the blood allegedly penetrating to the floorboards. She also described what she believed was blood spatter or staining on the walls that appeared to have been washed away but remained partially visible. She said she questioned a police officer about the amount of blood and was told that Jensen could have experienced bleeding from a hemorrhoid. The circumstances and source of the reported blood have not been independently confirmed.
The family member also questioned the exact time of Jensen's death. According to her account, a fan had been positioned so that it was blowing directly toward Jensen's head and the air conditioning had been set to approximately 69 degrees. She believes those conditions may have complicated efforts to determine how long Jensen had been deceased. No independently verified medical or investigative information establishing a different time of death has been located.
She further described concerns about the position in which Jensen was found. According to the family member, Jensen ordinarily did not sit on his bed and instead routinely sat on the floor with his back against it. Based on what she observed, she believes he had been moved or pulled onto the bed before he was found. That belief has not been independently substantiated, and no publicly available investigative report has been located explaining whether authorities examined the possibility that Jensen's body had been moved.
The family member said the family requested an autopsy approximately three days before Jensen was cremated but that an autopsy was not performed. According to her account, she was told that the natural-death determination had been reached after law enforcement spoke by telephone with Jensen's physician. She said the physician did not personally examine Jensen after his death. She was also told, according to her account, that bringing a medical examiner or coroner from Ramsey County would have required approximately two hours of travel and was not considered justified under the circumstances. These details are based solely on the family member's account and could not be independently verified through publicly available records.
Jensen was subsequently cremated, eliminating the possibility of a conventional postmortem examination of his remains. His family member continues to question why an autopsy was not conducted before cremation, particularly given the amount of blood she says was present at the residence and the questions she has raised about his position when found, the conditions inside the residence, and the determination that his death resulted from natural causes.
The close family member also expressed a belief that Jensen's intellectual disability may have affected the level of attention given to the circumstances of his death. That allegation has not been independently verified, and there is no publicly available evidence establishing that police, medical personnel, or other officials treated Jensen differently because of a disability.
At this time, available public information does not establish that Jensen was the victim of a homicide, nor does it identify any person as a suspect or person of interest. Likewise, no arrest or criminal proceeding connected to his death has been located. However, Jensen's family has continued to dispute the natural-causes determination and believes that the physical evidence they observed warranted a more extensive investigation and an autopsy before his cremation. Their concerns remain allegations from a close family member and could not be independently verified.
