In a news release, prison officials say Cleo Slape was pronounced dead at the facility at 5:03 p.m. on March 7, 2014.
Mr. Slape was a 74-year-old male serving a 20-year sentence for statutory rape 1st degree and child molestation from Henry County. He was received into the Missouri Department of Corrections on Jun. 14, 2007.
Mr. Slape died of apparent natural causes.