FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 24, 2023
Contact: Nick Crawford, (515) 725-5707
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Prison Inmate John Roth Dies

Coralville – John Frank Roth was pronounced dead due to natural causes at 7:10 a.m. on Friday, April 21, 2023 at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center. Roth was 74 years old at the time of his death.

Roth had been serving a life sentence for the crime of Murder 1st Degree from Cedar County. His sentence began on April 4, 1985.

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