![Buchanan County Inmate Found Dead At State Prison](https://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2019/12/Jail.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Buchanan County Inmate Found Dead At State Prison
State officials are conducting an investigation following the death of a Buchanan County inmate at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Woman in Mitchellville.
Kimberly Battle was pronounced dead due to an apparent suicide shortly after 3 PM Thursday, Iowa Department of Corrections officials said Friday in a press release.
Court records show the 27-year-old Battle was serving a four-year maximum sentence for assault causing injury to a peace officer. Her incarceration began on March 1.
According to corrections officials, an autopsy will be conducted to determine the exact cause of Battle's death. They said when a suspected suicide occurs, the department also conducts an investigation of the incident.
More From 97.7 KCRR
![Winthrop Man Sentenced For Sexual Contact With Child](http://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2021/12/attachment-Matthew-Barth-Cover.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Iowa’s Longest-Serving State Prison Inmate Dies](http://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2021/12/attachment-Warren-John-Jack-Nutter-Cover.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Body Pulled From River At Quasqueton, Waterloo Inmate Missing](http://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2017/07/Quasqueton-River-Rescue.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Two Killed, One Hurt In Buchanan County Accident](http://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2015/09/Emergency-Lights-On-Police-Car-ThinkStock.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Habitual Northeast Iowa Sex Offender Sentenced To Life In Prison](http://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2021/10/attachment-Clarence-Widner-Cover.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Two Injured In Black Hawk County Crash](http://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2017/07/Ambulance-DigtialStorm-ThinkStock.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Motorcyclist Dies In Buchanan County Crash](http://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2018/09/Iowa-State-Patrol-Car-041018.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Slow Down, 100 mph Speeders: Fines Are High](http://townsquare.media/site/672/files/2020/07/speeders2-e1595526406175.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Child Killed In Buchanan County Crash](http://townsquare.media/site/725/files/2018/10/RS15047_504402789-scr-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)