Hey,
New to this site. I live near Sartell MN, but am also very familiar with the Fargo/Moorhead area. Been there many times. I have nieces and nephews from the Sartell area......rumors, and we can take that for what its worth, say that Tom and his friends took some drugs and that Tom "wigged out" and the friends panicked. Don't really know how to read that, but kids talk to each other and that's what is rumored. Also, there is drug use in that Fargo/Moorhead area. There was a recent drug bust involving 2 sisters from the Zimmerman MN area. They were busted in Grand Forks ND with meth. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/02/01/minnesota-sisters-arrested-for-selling-drugs-in-nd/
There is also a lot of traffic from Chicago and Minneapolis to the oil boom areas..........which takes them right thru Fargo/Moorhead on Interstate Hwy 94. Those of you not from this area.......Most people take 94 to get to the oil boom areas. The Fargo/Moorhead area is a pit stop along the way, for many people. I know many college students that go to NDSU/MSU/Concordia.......there is definitely drug use! And there is definitely out of towners in the area at all times!
The drug theory doesn't really make sense anymore. From local VNL:
"The autopsy says that 18 year old Thomas Bearson died as a result of homicidal violence, meaning various types of wounds and a variety of injuries."
http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/26624807/breaking-bearson-death-confirmed-as-homicide
He obviously had trauma to his body, which wouldn't be there if it was just a drug OD.