Died in prison

Steven James Van Riper

63 years old · died February 4, 2021 · Iowa Medical and Classification Center, Johnson County, Iowa

Steven James Van Riper died in the custody of the Iowa Department of Corrections at Iowa Medical and Classification Center on February 4, 2021, according to records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Iowa Department of Corrections recorded the manner of death as natural.

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.

Source

Iowa Department of Corrections records, via UCLA Law Behind Bars UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project, deaths in custody

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