LANSING, Kan. – The death of an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility has been ruled a homicide, according to a media release from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Just before 11p.m. Nov. 25, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) was notified by personnel at the Lansing Correctional facility that 29-year-old Darionce Terrell Charles-Lott had died after being found unresponsive in his cell.
Despite life-saving measures that were attempted at the facility’s clinic, Charles-Lott was pronounced deceased.
Charles-Lott had been serving a 172-month sentence for a conviction in Wyandotte County for one count of aggravated battery with intent for bodily harm. He was admitted to Lansing on Nov. 1, 2011 and was of only 18, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He also was written up for various disciplinary issues nearly 90 times, according to the KDOC.
An autopsy was conducted. While the final autopsy report is pending, preliminary autopsy results indicated Charles-Lott’s manner of death was homicide, and cause of death was strangulation.
A male suspect who is incarcerated at the facility has been identified. At this time, the suspect has not yet been arrested or charged for this crime.