Fort Madison, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Corrections reported Tuesday (today), that 82-year-old John L Barrett was pronounced dead due to natural causes at 1:25 A.M., Saturday, September 3, 2022 while in hospice at the Iowa State Penitentiary. Barrett was housed at the facility due to chronic illness.

Barrett had been serving a life sentence for the crime of Murder 1st Degree from Pottawattamie County. He began serving his most recent sentence on August 1, 1986.