 According to Reed, he had purchased the pills in Fargo and brought them to Fergus Falls with the sole intent to sell them to Millsop. On a notepad he had requested from the officers, Reed wrote a letter apologizing for causing Millsop's death. The autopsy reported Millsop's cause of death as fentanyl toxicity. In May of 2024, Reed pled guilty to third-degree murder via selling a controlled substance. On Monday, Reed was sentenced to 74 months in the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud.