Deaths in Custody
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Timothy Reid Cullen

63 years old · died September 2, 2025 · Sedgwick County Detention Facility, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Timothy Reid Cullen, 63, of Blanchard, Oklahoma, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility in Wichita on the night of Tuesday, September 2, 2025. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital at 10:44 p.m. The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office said preliminary evidence indicates he died by suicide through self-asphyxiation. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation was notified and is investigating the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Kansas Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).

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