Inmate Death 08.24.22

 

MEDIA RELEASE:                       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

DATE:                                         AUGUST 24, 2022

AGENCY:                                    SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

LOCATION:                                WICHITA/SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS

TELEPHONE:                             (316) 660-3900

CONTACT:                                  UNDERSHERIFF BRIAN WHITE

 

On August 24, 2022, at approximately 12:55 p.m., a 38-year-old male inmate was found by staff to be unresponsive in a housing unit of the Sedgwick County Detention Facility.  Detention staff immediately started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (C.P.R.).  Medical Staff responded to the housing until and continued C.P.R. on the inmate. 

 

Emergency Medical Services (E.M.S.) was called. E.M.S. declared the inmate deceased and C.P.R. was ceased at approximately 1:15 p.m. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office Investigation’s Unit and the Kansas Bureau of Investigations (K.B.I.) were notified of the in-custody death. 

 

The Investigation’s Unit and K.B.I. processed the scene.  A preliminary investigation indicates the death appears to be from natural causes.  An autopsy is pending at the Forensic Science Center.  The inmate’s immediate family members were notified. This is the fourth in-custody death in 2022.

 

M-O-R-E

 

The inmate was a pretrial detainee on a municipal misdemeanor charge of violating a protection order.  He was in custody since August 11, 2022.

 

 

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