Even 15 years later, the memory of slain UND student Dru Sjodin lives on The University of North Dakota student from Pequot Lakes, Minn., a small town of 2,100 about 200 miles southeast of Grand Forks, was taken in a public setting while leaving at Columbia Mall. During a phone call with her boyfriend, Chris Lang, the line suddenly disconnected, but not before she uttered, “Oh my God.” Written By: April Baumgarten | × Dru Sjodin's homecoming queen crown from Pequot Lakes, Minn., from 1999 rests among a bouquet of flowers atop her casket before her funeral. Eric Hylden / Forum News Service GRAND FORKS — Dru Sjodin was a woman who could easily represent someone in anyone’s life — a daughter, a sister, a best friend, the girl next door.