For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Media Contact: Zach Carlyle | doc.media@iowa.gov | (515) 415-7235

IOWA CITY, Iowa — An inmate at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center died at 2:50 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2026.

Robert Herman Boeck, age 62, was serving for crimes committed in Pottawattamie County.

Boeck's sentence began on Oct. 29, 2021.

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