KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office has filed charges in connection with the death of an inmate back in July.

Wyandotte Country District Attorney Mark Dupree on Thursday charged Richard Fatherly with second-degree murder/reckless or in the alternative involuntary manslaughter.

According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), just after 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 5, 50-year-old Charles L. Adair was found unresponsive in his cell at the Wyandotte County Detention Center by medical staff. After attempting to perform life-saving measures, he was pronounced dead by emergency responders just before 9:20 p.m.

The initial investigation indicates that just before Adair was found, he had received medical care for a pre-existing wound on his leg, the KBI repor

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