NewsApril 7, 2014
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- State prison officials say a 73-year-old inmate has died at the Southeast Correctional Center. The Missouri Department of Corrections on Friday announced the death of Nelson DeCloud. He was serving a 220-year sentence for kidnapping, felonious restraint, rape and forcible sodomy from Clay County and had been imprisoned for 20 years...
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CHARLESTON, Mo. -- State prison officials say a 73-year-old inmate has died at the Southeast Correctional Center.

The Missouri Department of Corrections on Friday announced the death of Nelson DeCloud. He was serving a 220-year sentence for kidnapping, felonious restraint, rape and forcible sodomy from Clay County and had been imprisoned for 20 years.

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An agency news release said the corrections department does not suspect foul play in DeCloud's death. Department officials could not be reached for further comment late Friday.

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