Inmate at Jefferson City prison dies

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center died Sunday morning, according to a Tuesday press release from the Department of Corrections.

The release says Jerry Thebeau, 66, died at 2:51 a.m. Sunday at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City.

He was received by the DOC at Oct. 20, 2005 and was serving a 30-year sentence for second-degree robbery, armed criminal action and resisting arrest charges from Jefferson County, the release says.

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