SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) Inmate Ramon Garcia, age 54, passed away at a Sioux Falls hospital Jan. 22 following an extended illness.
At the time of his death, he was serving a 72-year sentence out of Minnehaha County for first-degree rape.
The Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating, as is standard procedure in the death of an inmate. An autopsy will be conducted.
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