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Man convicted of child sex crime out of Buchanan County dies behind bars

A man found guilty of statutory sodomy out of Buchanan County in 2008 has died while incarcerated.

According to a news release from the Missouri Department of Corrections, 65-year-old David Frakes was pronounced dead Wednesday at 11:19 a.m. at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Mo. The department said Frakes died of apparent natural causes.

According to online record, Frakes was serving a 25-year sentence for first-degree statutory sodomy out of Buchanan County after a jury found him guilty in Oct. of 2008. The victim was listed as under the age of 12.  Frakes was received into the department of corrections in 2009.

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