Prosecutors said deputy Richard Fatherley is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in the July 5 death of Charles Adair.

A Kansas City jail deputy has been charged with murder after an inmate died by suffocation this summer, a county district attorney announced.

Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office Prosecutor Mark Dupree, during a Thursday, July 18 press conference, said local sheriff's deputy Richard Fatherley has been charged with second-degree murder and felony involuntary manslaughter in the July 5 in-custody death of 50-year-old Charles Adair.

The death took place at the county jail in Kansas City, Kansas , officials said, and a coroner ruled the inmate died as a result of complications from asphyxiation.

Dupree said Fatherley worked at the detention cen

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