By Associated Press - Monday, November 7, 2016

TORRINGTON, Wyo. (AP) - A 72-year-old inmate at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington has died.

The state Corrections Department says Roy Lee Peters died Sunday after a lengthy illness.

Peters, who was a native of Denver, was sentenced in July 2013 by Sweetwater County District Court Judge Richard L. Lavery to 7 to 10 years for third degree sexual assault.



An autopsy has been ordered.

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