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Lonnie Patman

77 years old · died March 3, 2026 · Lincoln Reception and Treatment Center, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Lonnie Patman, 77, died on March 3, 2026, at the Reception and Treatment Center in Lincoln, a Nebraska Department of Correctional Services facility, where the department said he had been treated for a medical condition. The department had not determined the cause of death when the report was published. The department said a grand jury will investigate, as it does for every death in state custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

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

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