A Minnesota man serving prison time for a kidnapping and rape in New Hampton has died at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. 42 year old Travis Alve died Wednesday afternoon. His body was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office to determine a cause of death. Foul play is not suspected. Alve and another man, Rick Brandes, met a woman at a New Hampton bar in 2005. Later, they held that woman at Brandes’ apartment, threatened her with a knife, and sexually assaulted her. Alve was serving a 55 year sentence for second degree Sexual Abuse. Brandes was found guilty of first degree Kidnapping and was sentenced to life in prison. He died in prison last year.
