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Authorities Investigating Death of Tecumseh Inmate

TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a 57-year-old man who'd been serving murder and other sentences at a state prison in southeast Nebraska.
 
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says Ronald Fort died around 10:20 Tuesday night at the Johnson County Hospital in Tecumseh. Officials say Fort was in his Tecumseh prison cell when a medical incident occurred, so he was taken to the hospital.
 
The department says Fort had been serving a combined sentence of nearly 32 years for convictions on second-degree murder, manslaughter and a weapons crime.
 
Under state law, a grand jury conducts an investigation whenever anyone dies in custody or while being arrested.

     

 

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