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(KNZA)--Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility as an apparent homicide.
The Kansas Department of Corrections in a news release said that 56-year-old Fred Patterson III died Sunday.
Per protocol, the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
The release said an independent autopsy will be conducted.
Patterson was admitted to the facility on May 24 after violating his parole.
His underlying offenses are from Douglas County for one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child greater than 14 and less than 16 years of age, and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child less than 14 years of age.
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