September 18, 2024

Authorities: Inmate serving life for murder died at hospital

WEST BURLINGTON — A prisoner serving a life sentence for murder died Wednesday morning at a southeast Iowa hospital, officials said.

Everett Lyon was pronounced dead due to natural causes at 3:58 a.m. at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, where he had been sent for a suspected heart attack. Lyon was 71, the Iowa Corrections Department said.