(KAIR)--A Lansing Correctional Facility inmate is dead, with the cause of death pending the resultes of an independent autopsy.
That's according to a release from the Kansas Department of Corrections, which says 28-year-old Kaydin Varland-Hazlelton died Saturday, and was pronounced dead by local hospital staff.
The investigation into the death, conducted jointly by KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, is ongoing.
Varland-Hazelton, was serving an 84-month sentence for several convictions of drug possessions and one count of battery in Sedgwick County.
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