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Matthew Earl Bourgoyne

68 years old · died October 18, 2026 · Iowa Medical and Classification Center, Johnson County, Iowa

Matthew Bourgoyne, 68, died on October 18, 2026, at University of Iowa Hospital while he was held at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville, Iowa. The Iowa Department of Corrections announced his death in a press release, which does not give a cause of death or describe the circumstances. KTIV reported his age, the date and the hospital, and likewise gave no 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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