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By LAWREN LINEHAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

April 19, 2016 - 11:30 am

An inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Reno died Tuesday morning.

Robert M. Murphy, 63, died in the center’s Regional Medical Facility about 5:45 a.m., according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.

Murphy was committed from Clark County in September 1981 and was serving a sentence of 60 months to life for sexual assault, the department said.

His cause and manner of death will be released after an autopsy by the Carson City coroner’s office.

Contact Lawren Linehan at llinehan@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0391. Find @lawrenlinehan on Twitter.

Turkeys illegally dumped in wildlife area north of Las Vegas

By Alan Halaly / RJ

April 25, 2024 - 1:47 pm

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Cicadas will soon descend on Las Vegas — but not the ones you think

By Alan Halaly / RJ

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Small earthquake hits near Henderson

By Briana Erickson / RJ

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By Taylor Lane / RJ

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Brightline West and federal, state and local officials broke ground on the long-discussed high-speed rail system linking Las Vegas and Southern California.