Fort Dodge, Ia- The Iowa Department of Corrections says an autopsy will be done to determine if COVID-19 was a factor in the weekend death of a Fort Dodge prison inmate.
Radio Iowa’s Dar Danielson reports that the department says 62-year-old Ronald Holdsworth had multiple pre-existing medical conditions and was taken to the hospital after experiencing a medical emergency and died Saturday. Holdsworth had been serving a 25-year sentence for second-degree sexual abuse from Boone County.
His sentence began on May 14th, 2008. The first and only state prisoner’s death from COVID-19 was from the Fort Dodge prison on July 7th.
