Deaths in Custody
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Curley Charles Anderson Jr.

58 years old · died October 18, 2021 · Shawnee County Adult Detention Center, Shawnee County, Kansas

Curley Charles Anderson Jr., 58, was held at the Shawnee County Adult Detention Center in Topeka, Kansas, in October 2021. According to the Shawnee County Department of Corrections, jail staff were alerted to a medical emergency on a Monday afternoon, and he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on October 18, 2021. The Department of Corrections has not given a cause or manner of death, which remain pending. An internal investigation and a Kansas Bureau of Investigation inquiry are underway.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Shawnee County Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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