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Leland Leroy Groff

78 years old · died June 6, 2025 · Iowa

Leland Leroy Groff, 78, died on June 6, 2025, at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City while in the custody of the Iowa Department of Corrections. The department's press release announcing his death does not give a cause or manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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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