South Dakota inmate dies; routine autopsy planned

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - An inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls died over the weekend.

Corrections officials say an autopsy is being done as standard procedure on the body of 58-year-old Louis Cunningham, who died late Saturday or early Sunday.

Cunningham had been serving a 10-year sentence for a sex crime in Yankton County.

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South Dakota inmate dies; routine autopsy planned