Man who pleaded guilty to child molestation dies in DOC custody

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man who pleaded guilty earlier this year in St. Charles County to child molestation and sodomy has died, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Corrections.

Brian Tate, 62, of St. Peters, was being held at the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center on Monday, June 15 and was pronounced dead at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, the release says.

Court records show he pleaded guilty on March 5 to second-degree child molestation and three counts of second-degree sodomy for a case that began in 2022. He was serving a 120-day sex offender assessment at the time of his death, which came along with a 10-year sentence.

Tate was received by the Department of Corrections on April 22, according to the release. An autopsy will be performed.