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Ronald Eugene Holdsworth

62 years old · died July 11, 2020 · Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, Webster County, Iowa

Ronald Eugene Holdsworth, 62, died on July 11, 2020, at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, a state prison in Iowa. He was pronounced dead while being taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Health-Trinity Hospital after a medical emergency. The Iowa Department of Corrections said he had multiple preexisting medical conditions and that the cause of death had not been determined. An autopsy was to examine whether COVID-19 contributed.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Iowa Department of Corrections said he had multiple preexisting medical conditions, that the cause of death had not been determined, and that an autopsy will examine whether COVID-19 contributed.

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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