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Natural causes blamed for death of inmate at St. Joe prison


Prison officials blame natural causes for the death of a 59-year-old inmate at a St. Joseph prison.

The Missouri Dept. of Corrections announced that Herman Martin was pronounced dead in the transitional care unit at the Western Reception, Diagnostic and Corrections Center at 12:46 pm on Saturday, June 10, 2017.

Officials said Martin was serving a 10-year sentence at the Western Missouri Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron for two counts of stealing in St. Louis. He was first received into the DOC on April 21, 2004.

The DOC announcement says Martin died of apparent natural causes.

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