Inmate on life sentence dies in DOC custody

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — An inmate at the Sioux Falls Penitentiary died on May 7, a release from the Department of Corrections said.

Slade Walter, 65, died at a Sioux Falls hospital.

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Walter was serving a life sentence for criminal pedophile and a 15-year sentence for sexual contact with a child under the age of 16 out of Pennington County.

This is the sixth inmate death in DOC custody…

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