For Immediate Release: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Media Contact: Zach Carlyle | doc.media@iowa.gov | (515) 415-7235
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa – Shawn Demetric King was pronounced dead at 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at the Minimum Live-Out of the Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility. King was 53 years old at the time of his death.
King had been serving a five-year term for crimes from Scott County. His sentence began on Jan. 12, 2024.
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