(Radio Iowa) – A 74-year-old year man serving a 75-year sentence for sex-related crimes died in an Iowa prison this week. In 1992, Ronald K. Hendricks was given the maximum sentence for the crimes of second degree sex abuse in a case out of Sac County. Online records indicate Hendricks had a previous felony conviction in Sac County in 1988.

According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, Hendricks died Wednesday afternoon in a prison infirmary where he had been housed due to cancer.