For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 31, 2026
Media Contact: Paul Cornelius| [email protected] | (515) 318-9105
Fort Madison, Iowa — An inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary died at 7:46 a.m. on August 10, 2026.
Richard Thomas Steltzer, age 82, was serving for crimes committed in Warren County.
Steltzer's sentence began on February 2, 1979.
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