Died in prison
Joseph Edward Duncan III
Joseph Edward Duncan III, 58, died on March 28, 2021, at a hospital near the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he was held on federal death row. Sources report he was a native of Tacoma, Washington. He had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, and the Riverside County District Attorney's Office announced his death in a news release, saying it was from illness. Sources say his lawyers had pursued appeals until the end, and a surviving victim's family member publicly welcomed his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Prosecutors in Riverside County, California, said he died of terminal brain cancer.
Reported by: Riverside County District Attorney's Office.
News reports (7)
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