IOWA CITY – The Iowa Department of Corrections, Saturday, reported 44-year-old inmate Terry Scott Dudley was pronounced dead Friday, due complications related to his suspected suicide. His death occurred at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where Dudleyhad been transported to on March 31st, after staff at the Anamosa State Penitentiary found him unresponsive in his cell.

Dudley had been serving a life sentence for the crime of Murder 1st Degree from Polk County. His sentence began on May 30, 1998. The incident remains under investigation.