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Inmate from Clark County dies in Northern Nevada prison

Updated January 30, 2019 - 11:58 am

A 72-year-old man serving a life sentence in a Northern Nevada prison has died, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.

John Odoms, convicted of being a habitual criminal, died 8:04 p.m. Monday at the Northern Nevada Correction Center in Carson City, the agency said in a news release. His next of kin have been notified of his death, it said.

Odoms was committed out of Clark County on Feb. 4, 1982.

An autopsy will be scheduled.

Contact Mike Shoro at mshoro@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5290. Follow @mike_shoro on Twitter.

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