Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Thomas Lee Hansen

84 years old · died January 22, 2025 · Iowa

Thomas Lee Hansen, 84, was a former Johnson County Emergency Management Coordinator and a longtime member of the Iowa City Fire Department and the Johnson County Emergency Management Agency. He had been held at an Iowa state prison since 2013. He died early on January 22, 2025, at the University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center, where he was being treated for a brief illness.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: news reporting of brief illness death in hospital.

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