TORRINGTON, Wyo. (AP) - The Wyoming Department of Corrections says a 73-year-old inmate from Rock Springs has died from a long-term illness.
The department says Galen Van Tolar died Saturday at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington.
Tolar was serving eight to 15 years in prison on a conviction of second degree sexual assault out of Sweetwater County. He was sentenced in June 2014.
A routine autopsy has been ordered to determine the official cause of death.
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