An Iowa man who was convicted for the killing of his stepson and abusing his wife died in prison Thursday of natural causes. Thomas Knapp died in hospice while serving life in prison.
The Iowa Department of Corrections said Thomas Knapp died of natural causes while in hospice at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, where he had been housed for a chronic
An 84-year-old Iowa man who was sentenced to life in prison last year for killing his stepson has died in prison. The Iowa Department of Corrections announced this week that Thomas Knapp died Thursday of natural causes. He had been housed at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center for a chronic illness. Knapp was convicted in September of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 51-year-old Kevin Juzek in their rural Merrill home. He was also convicted of beating his now ex-wife before just before the shooting. Prosecutors said Knapp shot Juzek as he was trying to protect his mother.
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