Elderly man serving time for child sex crimes dies in Licking prison

Licking, MO. – An elderly inmate at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri died on Sunday morning.

At 5:15 a.m., offender Lanny Sunderland was pronounced deceased of apparent natural causes. 

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Sunderland was a 73-year-old offender serving a 28-year sentence for one count of sexual misconduct or attempt involving a child under 15, one count of first-degree statutory sodomy, and one count of possession of child pornography from DeKalb and Buchanan Counties. Sunderland was received in the Missouri Department of Corrections on March 23, 2011.

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