(Oakdale, Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Corrections, late Saturday, said a man serving a prison sentence for the Harrison County crimes of Sex Abuse in the 2nd Degree, and Lascivious Acts with a Child – has died. 72-year-old James Robert McDuffie was pronounced dead due to natural causes at 5:50 p.m. on Friday, July 21, 2023 in a hospice room of the Iowa Medical and Classification Center where he had been housed due to chronic illness.

McDuffie had been serving a 25-year maximum term on the charges with a Lifetime Special Sentence. His sentence began on August, 30th 2016.