Department of Corrections seeks family members of prisoner who died at Carson City facility
A 74-year-old Nevada Department of Corrections inmate died Thursday at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in in Carson City. Prison officials say after an exhaustive search, they're unable to the contact or notify next of kin.
Prison officials are asking the public for assistance to find family members of Gary L. Norris, inmate No. 96479. Norris was committed from Clark County on May 2, 2007, and was serving 288 to 720 months for the crime of Attempted Sexual Assault Victim under 16.
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office coroner responded and an autopsy is being scheduled. Anyone who knows a member of this inmate’s family, please contact the NDOC at 775-887-3309.