By Terry Leahy
Apr 26, 2021
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services reports the death of 64-year-old Patrick Russell at a Lincoln hospital Sunday morning.
Russell was serving a 110-to-126-year sentence at the Lincoln Correctional Center for a first-degree murder conviction in the death of a child out of Douglas County from the 1970 s.
Corrections says Russell was being treated for a medical condition not related to COVID-19.
Nebraska law mandates a grand jury investigation when someone dies in custody or while being taken into custody.
(Picture from Nebraska Department of Correctional Services)
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Law enforcement looks for an inmate missing from the Community Corrections Center – Lincoln.
Corrections says Dawnisha Leroy left the facility Thursday to seek employment through a job service in downtown Lincoln.
The electronic monitoring device she had been wearing was recovered a short time later in an alley behind the job center.
Leroy’s sentence started November 6th, 2019. She was sentenced to six to eight years for two counts of robbery out of Douglas County.
Leroy’s tentative release date is November 11th, 2022 with a parole eligibility date of November 12th, 2021.
Corrections says Leroy is a 26-year old black woman, 6’ 2”, 340 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes.