A man serving a life sentence in the 1986 murder of a University of New Mexico student has died in prison.
State Department of Corrections officials say 74-year-old Johnny Zinn died last week. The cause of death wasn't immediately released.
The Albuquerque Journal reports Zinn had been housed at the long-term care unit of the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Los Lunas.
Zinn was convicted of first-degree murder and 18 other charges in the death of Linda Lee Daniels.
The 22-year-old anthropology major was abducted on Jan. 12, 1986 by three men sent by Zinn to find a woman for a pornographic video.
Prosecutors say Daniels was taken to a motel where the men raped her. She was later shot in the head and left under a bridge.
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