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Fort Collins man is 4th inmate to die in as many weeks from Wyoming prison

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TORRINGTON, Wyo. — An inmate who died Wednesday is the fourth death in as many weeks at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington.

The Casper Star Tribune reports 66-year-old Frank Lee Apodaca died Wednesday at the Community Hospital in Torrington.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections said it will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Apodaca, who was from Fort Collins, and sentenced to nine to 12 years in prison in 2017, after being convicted of third-degree sexual assault and intrusion on a victim under age 16 in Laramie County.

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