For Immediate Release: Thursday, June 5, 2025
Media Contact: Zach Carlyle | doc.media@iowa.gov | (515) 415-7235

CORALVILLE, Iowa – Joseph William Willemsen was pronounced dead at 9:14 a.m. on Saturday, May 31, 2025 in the infirmary room of the Iowa Medical and Classification Center. Willemsen was 52 years old at the time of his death.

Willemsen had been serving for crimes from Marion and Polk counties. His sentence began on April 17, 2025.

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