College student out of jail after fatal prank

PEORIA, Ill. — The last of four college students convicted in the death of a Bradley university soccer player has been released from jail.

Twenty-two-year-old ryan johnson served a six-month sentence in the peoria county jail before his release Friday.

He had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the August 2007 death of 19-year-old sheridan "Danny" Dahlquist, his teammate and roommate.

Dahlquist died of carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation after the four men lit a roman candle under his bedroom door.

The other three were released earlier this week.

Police say all five had been drinking.

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Sunday, July 20, 2008 |

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