Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A 34-year-old man died early on June 22, 2023, while held at the Sedgwick County Jail in Wichita, Kansas. A deputy found him unresponsive in a housing pod around 1 a.m., and he was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 1:50 a.m. Suicide by self-inflicted asphyxiation is listed as the manner of death, and the case was sent to the coroner to determine the exact cause.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The record lists the death as self-inflicted asphyxiation, and the case was sent to the coroner to determine the exact cause.