FORT DODGE- The Iowa Dept. of Corrections reports that on June 14th, 59-year old Thomas Andrew Daleske, an inmate at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility (FDCF) was found deceased in his cell at approximately 5:15-p.m.  Daleske was serving a 45-year sentence for multiple charges related to Sexual Abuse and Lascivious Acts with a Child from Warren County and had been incarcerated since October 31, 2000.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation assisted the FDCF and Webster County Medical Examiner with the death investigation and determined that another inmate, 44-year old Eric Hall, had been inside Daleske’s cell shortly before the body was discovered.  Hall was interviewed and admitted to killing Daleske.  The Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy and determined the cause of Daleske’s death to be strangulation with blunt force injuries to the head and ruled the death a homicide.

On Tuesday, June 23rd (Today), Eric Hall was charged with 1st Degree Murder in Webster County. He remains in custody at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility.