LANSING, Kan. – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Kansas Department of Corrections are investigating a homicide that occurred Friday night at the Lansing Correctional Facility.
Just before 8:30 p.m., Friday corrections officers from the Lansing Correctional Facility were summoned to a two-person cell by a 25-year-old male inmate in the cell, according to a media release from the KBI.
When they arrived they found the other occupant, 62-year-old Gary Raburn, unresponsive inside the cell. He appeared to have been attacked and strangled.
Corrections officers entered the cell and attempted life-saving measures. EMS responded and continued attempts to revive Raburn, however, he was declared deceased at approximately 9:30 p.m, according to the KBI.
Raburn was serving a sentence from Sedgwick County for two counts of violating the Kansas Offender Registration Act and was admitted to the facility on March 14, 2022. His underlying offenses are from Neosho County for one count of aggravated kidnapping in 2005 and a 2017 Sedgwick County violation of the Kansas Offender Registration Act.
An autopsy will be conducted. A suspect has been identified, but charges are pending, according to the KBI.