LEAVENWORTH COUNTY —Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) resident Charles Homer Roberson, 58, died Monday. He was found unresponsive in his cell, according to a statement from the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Staff and EMS administered life-saving measures but were unable to revive him. The cause of death is pending the results of an independent autopsy.
Roberson was serving a life sentence for convictions of first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated battery, and forgery in Wyandotte County.
Per protocol, when a resident dies in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The investigation is ongoing.