Name not reported
A 17-year-old boy died on November 5, 2024, at the North Central Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Junction City, where he had been held since August. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said its final autopsy found the cause of death was combined intoxication by several medications prescribed to him, with an enlarged heart, obesity and asthma as contributing factors. The KBI ruled the death an accident. The KBI said it interviewed facility employees and youth corrections officers about their interactions with him before his death. The Kansas State Child Death Review Board will review the case.
Cause of death, as reported: Died in an accident. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation's final autopsy attributes the death to combined intoxication by prescribed medications and rules it an accident.
Reported by: Kansas Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators); Kansas State Child Death Review Board.