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January 4, 2008
Inmate is found dead in health care unit

An inmate assigned to the Iowa State Penitentiary Clinical Care Unit was found dead in his bed Sunday.

The Lee County medical examiner said David Joseph Rodamaker died about 9:30 p.m., about an hour before his body was found.

Preliminary findings from an autopsy included no reports of trauma or suspicious circumstances. The cause of death will be confirmed upon receipt of toxicology test results.

Rodamaker, 31, was serving 10 years for second-degree robbery in a case from Hardin County. His sentence began Dec. 15, 1999.

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