For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Media Contact: Zach Carlyle | doc.media@iowa.gov | (515) 415-7235

NEWTON, Iowa – Melvin Lester Walker was pronounced dead at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, April 28, 2025 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. Walker was 70 years old at the time of his death.

Walker had been serving a two-year term for crimes from Des Moines County. His sentence began on March 3, 2025.

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