Rick Nebinger, an inmate assigned to the Iowa State Penitentiary, died at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics on Tuesday.

According to a release from the Iowa Department of Corrections, Nebinger died of stomach cancer. Nebinger was 51 years old and in the middle of serving a life sentence for first-degree murder in Scott County.

Nebinger’s sentence began on June 25, 1985, the complaint said.

— by Jordyn Reiland