COLDWATER, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A convicted serial killer has died in prison while serving out four life sentences.
A spokesman with the Michigan Department of Corrections said that Danny Ranes, convicted of raping and killing four women in the early 1970s, died last week at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater Township at the age of 78.
Correctional staff found Ranes unresponsive on Saturday, January 29th, and attempted lifesaving measures until pronounced dead from a doctor at an area hospital. Michigan State Police who are investigating, say his death shows no signs of foul play or drug use.
Ranes was convicted in the 1972 slayings of 18-year-old Western Michigan University student Pamela Fearnow; 19-year-old Chicago residents Claudia Bidstrup and Linda Clark; and 29-year-old Patricia Howk of Kalamazoo Township.
