Inmate convicted of sexually assaulting child dies in Nebraska prison

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A 76-year-old inmate died Friday at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution.

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services announced Alfred Thulin’s death on Tuesday.

The department said the Nebraska State Patrol is investigating the death.

Thulin was sentenced in 1994 to at least 40 years in prison. He was convicted in Hall County of first-degree sexual assault of a child and escape.

Nebraska law requires that a grand jury investigate every inmate death.