DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa prisoner serving a life sentence for the shooting death of his wife 18 years ago has died after contracting coronavirus in prison, officials said.
Harold Duncan, 89, died Tuesday from complications from COVID-19 and other pre-existing medical conditions, the Iowa Department of Corrections said in a news release. Duncan was in a hospice room at the Iowa Medical Classification Center in Coralville at the time his death, the department said.
Duncan was the 15th Iowa prison to die from the virus, officials said.
Duncan was 72 when he was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting and killing his wife, 62-year-old Karen “Kay″ Duncan, in January 2003 in the couple’s RV. Authorities said Duncan then turned the gun on himself in an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
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