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Joseph J. Koncel

52 years old · died March 3, 2017 · Iowa Medical Classification Center, Johnson County, Iowa

Joseph J. Koncel, 52, died on March 3, 2017, at the Iowa Medical Classification Center in Coralville, where he was held in the custody of the Iowa Department of Corrections. The department said he had a number of chronic health conditions and that he died of natural causes. It said he was in a prison hospice room when he was pronounced dead that morning.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Iowa Department of Corrections says Koncel had chronic health conditions and died of natural causes.

Reported by: Iowa Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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