The Wyandotte District Attorneys Office announced Thursday it filed second-degree murder, reckless, or in the alternative, an involuntary manslaughter charge in the July 5, 2025, death of Wyandotte County jail inmate Charles Adair.

Adair, 50, died during a struggle with jail employees that included one jail officer kneeling on Adair's back.

The autopsy report states Adair "went unresponsive" during the struggle, and an EMS crew ordered to the scene pronounced Adair dead.

Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree has called a 4:30 p.m. Thursday news conference to detail charges in the case. You can watch in the video player below when it starts.

Information from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation stated Adair received medical care at about 8:30 p.m. for a preexisting leg wound

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