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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Jan 27, 2023, 12:30 PM Jan 2023

Iowa man who killed stepson, abused wife dies in prison

Iowa man who killed stepson, abused wife dies in prison

By Max Remington
Jan 26, 2023 | 2:12 PM



Thomas Knapp

LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who was sentenced to life in prison last year for killing his stepson has died, corrections department officials said.’

Thomas Knapp, 84, died Thursday of natural causes after a chronic illness while in hospice at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, the Iowa Department of Corrections announced.

Knapp was convicted in September of first-degree murder and willful injury in the May 11, 2020, death of 51-year-old Kevin Juzek in their rural Merrill home, The Sioux City Journal reported.

Thomas Knapp was also convicted of willful injury and two counts of domestic abuse assault for beating his now ex-wife, Darlene Knapp.

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Iowa man who killed stepson, abused wife dies in prison (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 OP
Good. MLAA Jan 2023 #1
Ex-wife now his widow n/t Vogon_Glory Jan 2023 #2
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