A Casper-born man serving a life sentence for sexual assault has died in prison.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections says Bruce Charles Leslie, 69, died Saturday at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington.

Leslie was convicted of first-degree sexual assault with intrusion in Carbon County and sentenced to life on April 14, 1999 -- his 47th birthday.

Get our free mobile app

As per departmental policy an autopsy will be conducted to determine Leslie's cause of death.

KEEP READING: Scroll to see what the big headlines were the year you were born

More From Wake Up Wyoming