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Arthur Lee Gales

55 years old · died May 30, 2026 · Tecumseh State Prison, Johnson County, Nebraska

Arthur Lee Gales, 55, died on May 30, 2026, while being held at Tecumseh State Prison in Tecumseh, Nebraska. Nebraska state prison officials said he had a medical condition they did not disclose and that his death was not connected to a fight between two other people held at the prison that day. The cause and manner of death have not yet been determined, and a grand jury is to be convened to examine the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Nebraska state prison officials said he had a medical condition they did not disclose, and an official cause of death has not yet been determined.

Reported by: Nebraska state prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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