Offender Death Reported At Chillicothe Prison

The Missouri Department of Corrections has reported an offender death at the Chillicothe Correctional Center late last week.

According to the release 63-year-old offender Sharon Atkeson, DOC No. 1149059, was pronounced dead at 2:28 P.M. Friday, July 1 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph.

Atkeson was serving a 35-year sentence for 14 counts of 1st degree statutory sodomy, one count of incest, and one count of 2nd degree assault from Lawrence County.

Atkeson was received in the Missouri Department of Corrections on October 20, 2006.

The Department of Corrections says an autopsy will be conducted.