BUTLER COUNTY —An El Dorado Correctional Facility offender, Timothy R. Moses, 60, died unexpectedly just before 3p.m. on Tuesday, the same day he was admitted to the prison, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He was sentenced on February 7.
Per protocol, when an offender 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.
Moses was found guilty in 2020 of one count of second-degree murder in Labette County, and was sentenced to serve 300 months in prison, according to a media release from the KDOC.
The official cause of death is pending, with an autopsy planned.