BUTLER COUNTY — Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at the El Dorado Correctional Facility.
On Monday, 35-year-old Marcos Issac Delarosa was found unresponsive in his housing unit, according to a media release from the facility. Staff began life-saving measures and continued after emergency medical services arrived.
Delarosa was serving a 116-month sentence on convictions in Ford County of three counts of possession of drugs, two counts of intent to sell drugs, and three counts of felony weapon possession, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections.
An independent autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death.