El Dorado Correctional Facility resident Bobby Edwards, 44, died on Sunday, May 24, 2020, at the correctional facility.
Edwards, was pronounced dead by facility staff at approximately 2:15 a.m. The cause of death is pending an autopsy but is not believed to be COVID-19 related.
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.
Edwards was serving a 247-month sentence for a 2011 Sedgwick County conviction for Aggravated Robbery.
