By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The Missouri Department of Corrections says an offender died at Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center Thursday morning.
According to the department of corrections, 59-year-old Jerry McGinnis was pronounced dead at 9:15 a.m.
McGinnis was serving two seven-year sentences for possession of a controlled substance, a seven-year sentence for forgery, a seven-year sentence for distribution of a controlled substance and a seven-year sentence for endangering the welfare of a child, all in Ray County.
He began his sentence on December 8, 2016.
The department of corrections says McGinnis died of apparent natural causes.