For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024
Media Contact: Zach Carlyle | doc.media@iowa.gov | (515) 415-7235
CLARINDA, Iowa – Patrick James Smith, Jr. was pronounced dead at 7:36 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024 at the Clarinda Regional Hospital. Smith was 38 years old at the time of his death.
Smith had been serving a five-year term for crimes from Polk County. His sentence began on Jan. 20, 2023.
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