Nebraska Corrections says 88-year-old Richard Holtan died at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution.
Holtan’s sentence began on February 9th, 1976.
He was serving a life sentence for first degree murder out of Douglas County, convicted of killing a bartender and wounding another person during a robbery, in what was originally a capital case, with an initial death sentence.
Corrections says the cause of death has not yet been determined, but Holtan was being treated for a medical condition.
As is the case whenever an inmate dies in the custody of law enforcement, a grand jury will investigate under Nebraska law.
(Picture of Tecumseh Prison from Nebraska Corrections)