Reception and Treatment Center inmate dies at Lincoln hospital

Shawnn Clearsand

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services on Thursday announced that an inmate at the Reception and Treatment Center has died.

Shawnn Nahkahyen-Clearsand, 56, died Wednesday at a Lincoln hospital.

He was serving a 40- to 50-year sentence for attempted first-degree sexual assault of a child.

Nahkahyen-Clearsand’s sentence began exactly a year before he died.

The cause of death has yet to be determined, but a grand jury will investigate.

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