FT. MADISON – A convicted sex offender from Cerro Gordo county has died in prison, state officials say.
Robert James Carter was pronounced dead at 5:10 p.m. on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at the Ft. Madison Community Hospital where he had been taken due to suffering a medical emergency. Carter was 73 years old at the time of his death. An autopsy has been ordered.
Carter had been serving a life term for the crime of Sexual Abuse 1st Degree from Cerro Gordo County. His sentence began on November 7, 1997. He raped and nearly killed a teen back in August of 1996 as he drove her to Clear Lake.
