Inmate at Farmington Correctional Center Dead

(Farmington, Mo) -  An inmate at the Farmington Correctional Center is dead.  According to a news release from the Missouri Department of Corrections, at 10:33 pm on Monday, 59-year-old Ralph Buckley, was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital, in Festus.

The statement went on to say Buckley was serving two 20-year sentences for first
degree statutory sodomy from Osage County, a 5-year sentence for poss. of
burglary tools in Crawford County, a 5-year sentence for burglary in Crawford
County, a 5-year sentence for second-degree burglary and a 2-year sentence for
receiving stolen property in Gasconade County.

His sentence began back on Dec. 21, 1999.

Mr. Buckley died of apparent natural causes.