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Sixth Anamosa prison inmate with COVID-19 dies
IOWA CITY - An Iowa prison inmate with COVID-19 and other medical conditions has died at a hospital.
The Iowa Department of Corrections said Sunday that Larry Whaley died Saturday morning at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
Whaley had been serving a 50-year sentence for second-degree murder at Anamosa State Penitentiary, which has had a significant coronavirus outbreak this fall. He is the sixth inmate at the prison to die from coronavirus complications.
The 64-year-old Whaley had been hospitalized for several days before his death.
He began serving his sentence Feb. 8, 2018, in the Cerro Gordo County murder case.
Living Unit C, or the South Cell House, is seen in September 2015 at the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Anamosa. A sixth inmate at the Iowa prison has died from complications of coronavirus infection. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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