Update:

Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf said Monday evening that asphyxiation was the cause of death for a Geary County Detention Center inmate, 27-year-old Kyle William Andrews, Manhattan. “This gentleman decided that he was going to commit suicide. He went to the shower stall, pulled the curtain, and hung himself with a bedsheet inside the shower stall.”

Wolf said some Andrews’ cell mates thought he had been in the shower quite awhile so they tried to make contact with him. When he didn’t respond they checked on him and then called for corrections officers.

Corrections staff began live saving measures. Junction City Fire and EMS arrived and took over. They transported Andrews to Geary Community Hospital, and he was the moved to the KU Medical Center unresponsive. Andrews was removed from life support Monday morning and passed away.

Andrews was being held at the Detention Center on a Grandview Plaza Municipal Court warrant alleging Failure to Appear. A cooperative investigation into the matter is being conducted by the KBI and Geary County Sheriff’s Office.

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An inmate at the Geary County Detention Center has passed away after being removed from life support.

According to a press release from Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf an inmate at the Geary County Detention Center, Kyle William Andrews, 27, of Manhattan, reportedly attempted suicide in his cell at approximately 10 p.m. on Thursday, December 31st, 2015.

Andrews was being held on a Grandview Plaza Municipal Court warrant for Failure to Appear. Corrections staff immediately entered the cell and began life saving measures. JC Fire and EMS arrived and took over, they transported Andrews to Geary Community Hospital. He was then transported to KU Medical Center Unresponsive.

Andrews was removed from life support at 8:59 a.m. Monday, and passed away.

Next of kin was notified as soon as contact could be made and has been aware of the situation from the start.

A cooperative investigation into the matter is being conducted by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Geary County Sheriff’s Office.