Offender Death at St. Joseph Prison
August 1, 2022 1:27PM CDT
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The Missouri department of Corrections has announced the death of an offender being housed at the Western Reception, Diagnostic and Corrections Center in St. Joseph.
According to the release at 4:50 P.M. Sunday, July 31, 72-year-old offender John Dunn (DOC # 169043) was pronounced dead at the correctional center. The Department of Correction says Dunn’s death appears to be from natural causes.
Dunn was serving a life sentence for 1st degree murder and a life sentence for armed criminal action from Jefferson County. He was received into the Department of Corrections May 15, 1989.
