Oct 02, 2022

Man dies in Reno County Correctional Facility Saturday, KBI to investigate

Posted Oct 02, 2022 1:08 PM

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Reno County Correctional Facility inmate died Saturday.

According to a release from the Reno County Sheriff's Office, 36-year-old Kyle Allen Skeen was booked on charges stemming from a local warrant on Friday.

When jail staff came around to serve breakfast Saturday morning, they found Skeen unresponsive. Deputies then entered the cell and began lifesaving measures, including CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator. Hutchinson Fire also responded, and Skeen was unable to be resuscitated.

As is agency protocol, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation was called in, along with the Reno County Coroner's Office. 

Any further inquiries on the death may be made to the KBI.