CORALVILLE, Iowa — Officials with the Iowa Department of Corrections report prison inmate, 39-year old Justin Lee Dewitt, of North Liberty, died Friday afternoon, at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center. The cause of his death is yet to be determined. An autopsy will be performed by the Johnson County Medical Examiner.

DeWitt was arrested on June 27, 2016, for allegedly attempting to hire a hit man to kill his former business associate, the associate’s wife and two children, then ages 2 and 4. He began serving a 35-year sentence for multiple counts of Attempted Murder and Solicitation to Commit Murder. His sentence began July 27, 2018.