By Associated Press - Tuesday, February 19, 2019

TORRINGTON, Wyo. (AP) - An 81-year-old inmate at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution has died.

The state Corrections Department says Gene T. Wigfield died from a lengthy illness on Sunday.

Wigfield was serving a 25-30 year prison sentence for attempted second-degree murder in Big Horn County. He was sentenced in December 1998 by District Judge Gary P. Hartman.

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