WICHITA, Kan. – Tuesday morning at around 10:15 a.m., an inmate of the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility was found unresponsive in his cell. On site medical staff immediately rendered aid followed by responding EMS personnel.
Unfortunately, resuscitation efforts were not successful and the 24-year-old man was pronounced dead at about 10:55 a.m.
The cause of death has not yet been determined, but will be thoroughly investigated by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division.
Officials are not releasing the identity until they have notified next of kin.
The inmate was booked into facility on September 30, 2013, on felony charges.