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Shawn Demetric King

53 years old · died May 13, 2025 · Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility, Henry County, Iowa

Shawn Demetric King, 53, died at the Minimum Live-Out of the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility in Iowa, where he was pronounced dead at 9:50 p.m. on May 13, 2025, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections. The department announced his death in a press release, which did not give a 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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