Richard Davis. (Monroe County 2011 file photo)
A Monroe County man who was convicted of killing his brother has died after serving ten years of a 50-year prison sentence.
The Department of Corrections says 85-year-old Richard Davis died from natural causes Monday in prison hospice. Davis was charged with first-degree murder, but found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his brother Gary in February of 2011 at Gary’s home.
Gary Davis, who was 60 when he died, was a doctor in Albia, and media reports say the shooting came after a dispute between the two over a family farm operation.