Died in prison
Robert Kern
Robert Lee Kern, 69, died on January 16, 2016, at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, where he was in the custody of the state Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections said he died of natural causes after a battle with skin cancer. A separate records compilation lists his death at the same prison on the same date but gives no further details about his care or the circumstances of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The state Department of Corrections said Robert Kern died of natural causes from skin cancer.
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.