Adam Moss
Adam Moss, 35, died on June 26, 2013, at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, where he was held. According to state corrections officials, he was found unresponsive in his cell on a Wednesday afternoon, and they said he hanged himself with a bedsheet from a wall vent. He had been confined to a mental health unit, and officials said he died by suicide. The Lee County Medical Examiner listed the cause of death as asphyxia due to suffocation, and an autopsy was planned because the death was not from natural causes.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Iowa Department of Corrections says Adam Moss died by suicide by hanging from a wall vent in his cell, and the Lee County medical examiner listed the cause as asphyxia due to suffocation.
Reported by: Iowa Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Lee County Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner).