The Nevada Department of Corrections reports that on Dec. 3 around 3:30 a.m., inmate Jerome Lorenzi died at the Regional Medical Facility located inside the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.
Lorenzi, a 76-year-old man, was committed from Washoe County on Oct. 7, 2011 and was serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for lewdness with a child under the age of 14 concurrent with 12-32 months for possession of visual presentation depicting sexual conduct of a person under 16.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Coroner responded and an autopsy is being scheduled. Next of kin have been notified.