CLARINDA – The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 80-year-old Ronald Harris Brown, an inmate at the Clarinda Correctional Facility, died Wednesday morning, from complications related to his suspected suicide. His death took place at 9:35 a.m.

Brown had been serving a life sentence for the crime of Murder 1st Degree from Black Hawk County. His sentence began on October 31, 1983. All suspected suicides are investigated by the department.