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Man convicted of eastern Iowa murder dies in prison

May 7, 2018 By Matt Kelley

A man serving a life sentence for a murder in eastern Iowa died this weekend.

Lacy Laverne Kelley was convicted of killing 19-year-old Thomas Noethe in the Trax Oil Station in Cedar Rapids on January 7, 1970. Kelley confessed to stealing items from the store and shooting Noethe with a 16 gauge shotgun.

According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, Kelley died Saturday at the age of 66. He was being housed in a hospice room of the Iowa State Penitentiary due to chronic illness.

 

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