Wyoming inmate serving life sentence dies at penitentiary


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RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for murder at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins has died.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections said that William Harry Hack died of a terminal illness at the prison on Wednesday. He was 67.

An autopsy will be conducted in keeping with department policy.

Hack was sentenced to life for first-degree murder in 1984 in Sweetwater County. He was born in Newcastle.

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