Inmate, 74, dies in Carson City prison
Francisco Serrato (Nevada Department of Corrections)
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An inmate serving time in Carson City died early Sunday, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced Tuesday.
Francisco Javier Serrato, 74, died about 2:45 a.m. in the Regional Medical Facility at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City, according to the department.
Serrato was committed from Clark County on May 5, 2010. He was serving a sentence of 72 to 250 months for attempted sexual assault with a victim younger than 16 and for attempted lewdness with a minor, according to the department.
The Carson City coroner’s office will conduct an autopsy and determine Serrato’s cause and manner of death.
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