15 year-old Boy held in 16 year-old sister's death

[Ian David]

FARGO, N.D. -- A 15-year-old Sun Prairie boy was arrested Monday in North Dakota in connection with the asphyxiation death of his 16-year-old sister, police said.

Sergei Carlson, who lived in Sun Prairie with his father, the Rev. Scott Carlson of Sun Prairie United Methodist Church, was placed in detention and the case was sent to juvenile court.

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Sergei, who joined the family when he was 7 after being adopted from Russia, moved with his father to Wisconsin in 2002 after his parents divorced when Scott Carlson started work here as a pastor. Before that, Scott Carlson was a pastor at Fargo's First United Methodist Church from 2000 to 2002, leaving for Wisconsin that summer, said Laura Owen, associate director of communications for the Dakotas Conference of United Methodist Church.

When Scott and Penny Carlson, now Penny Ripplinger, divorced, "joint custody was something that they both really wanted for the kids," Bourdon said. He said plans were put into place when the move was made "so that the kids could interact with each other and stay connected," referring to Sergei and his older sisters Whitney, Amanda and Natalie Carlson. The siblings spent holidays and summers together, alternating periods with each parent. According to Whitney's obituary in the Fargo Forum, she had two other sisters: Lindsay Rudkin of Wauwatosa and Amanda Rudkin of Janesville.

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