Brooks Vonather
Brooks Vonather, 40, died on October 22, 2024, while held at El Dorado Correctional Facility in El Dorado, Kansas. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, he was found unresponsive in his cell with multiple injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after. Officials are investigating his death as a suspected homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Kansas Department of Corrections are investigating the death as a suspected homicide after he was found unresponsive in his cell with multiple injuries.
Reported by: Kansas Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators); Kansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).