MADISON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities said Monday that a 74-year-old sex offender died at the Iowa State Penitentiary medical unit in Fort Madison.
A state news release said Jack Franks was found unresponsive, without a pulse or heartbeat, in his bed at 3:20 a.m. Sunday. The release said that because Franks had signed a do-not-resuscitate order, no attempt to revive him was made.
The release said Franks suffered from several conditions, including coronary artery disease.
Franks was serving a 20-year sentence that began in July 2005. He’d been convicted in Pottawattamie County of four counts of lascivious acts with a child.
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