Inmate convicted of child sexual assault dies in Nebraska prison
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A 66-year-old inmate at a Nebraska prison died Wednesday.
Roger McPherson died at the Reception and Treatment Center, according to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
He was being treated for a medical condition, the department said, but his cause of death has not been determined.
McPherson had been in prison since 2002.
He was convicted in Lancaster County of two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child and two counts of child abuse.
McPherson was sentenced to 50 to 80 years in prison.
