Prisoner at prison in Licking dies in custody

An inmate at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking died on Sunday morning. Ronald Morris, DOC No. 1000848, was pronounced dead at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri on Sunday morning.
Morris was a 44-year-old resident serving a 28-year sentence for first-degree assault/attempted assault of law enforcement officer, corrections officer, emergency
personnel, probation and parole officer, a 50-year sentence for armed criminal action, and a 13-year sentence for second-degree assault/attempted assault of law
enforcement officer, corrections officer, emergency personnel, probation, and parole officer from Clay County. Morris was received in the Missouri Department of Corrections on October 30, 2019. An autopsy will be conducted.