Former N.D. Attorney Gen. Nick Spaeth, Found Dead

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Police in eastern North Dakota say former attorney general Nicholas John Spaeth (spayth) was found dead this weekend.
 
     Authorities say officers found the body of the 64-year-old man on Sunday at a home in Fargo.
 
     Investigators say the cause and manner of death have not been determined, but they do not suspect foul play.

Fargo police Lt. Joel Vettel said officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Eighth Street South, in Fargo  at 1:43 p.m. Sunday.

 Dispatchers had received a call of a suicidal male at that address.

Spaeth was a Democrat who served as attorney general from 1985 to 1992.

 He lost the 1992 North Dakota governor‘s race to Republican Ed Schafer.