A man has been charged with murder after his roommate in St. Cloud, Minnesota, died from poisoning earlier this year.

The 35-year-old suspect, who now lives in Fridley, is facing a single count of second-degree intentional murder for the death of 33-year-old Cody Ray Ernst . If found guilty, he could face up to 40 years in prison.

St. Cloud police say they learned about the poisoning on June 19 after a member of the University of Minnesota police department called them. A pharmacist with poison control said due to the amount of thallium in Ernst's body, it was "likely ingested," since there wasn't any other way to get the same level of exposure through the environment, according to the criminal complaint.

Ernst died on June 22 from poisoning.

The month before, the document says Ern

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