April 5, 2021 Iowa City, Ia – The Iowa Department of Corrections has announced the death of an Anamosa State Prison inmate. Terry Scott Dudley was pronounced dead due to complications related to his suspected suicide at 4:43 p.m. on Friday, April 2 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He had been transported there on March 31 after staff at the Anamosa State Penitentiary found him unresponsive in his cell. Dudley was 44 years old at the time of his death. Dudley had been serving a life sentence for the crime of Murder 1st Degree from Polk County. His sentence began on May 30, 1998. This incident remains under investigation.