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Man convicted of killing woman dies in Anamosa prison

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August 6th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) — A man convicted of killing a Grimes woman more than 20 years ago has died in prison. The Iowa Corrections Department says 51-year-old Roger Sellers was pronounced dead Sunday morning in a hospice room at Anamosa State Penitentiary. He’d been housed there because of chronic illness. He was serving a life sentence. Sellers shot to death 24-year-old Gina Ginn on Jan. 14, 1997. Ginn’s boyfriend was Sellers’ brother.