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Robert Buel

57 years old · died July 15, 2026 · Anamosa State Penitentiary, Iowa

Robert Buel, 57, died at the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Iowa on July 15, 2026, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections. The department has not stated a cause of death. The manner of his death is recorded as unknown in the records reviewed. No other account of the circumstances has been published.

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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