BARTON COUNTY —The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has completed an investigation on the death of a prisoner being held at the Barton County jail.
Around 9 p.m., on January 11, Conner Clifton, 28, was found hanging in his individual cell at the Barton County Detention Facility. EMS was called and life-saving measures were attempted on Clifton, but he was pronounced deceased, according to a statement from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
The Barton County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to respond. KBI investigates deaths that occur in Kansas jails and prisons via state statutes, unless the inmate who dies was being regularly attended by a physician.
On Jan. 13, an autopsy was completed and his manner of death was ruled suicide.
On December 22, Clifton was booked into the Barton County Detention Center on requested charges of interference with law enforcement officers, no proof of liability insurance on a vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, and expired or no registration. His first appearance in the case was Monday morning. Clifton also had pending cases in Stafford and Ness counties, according to online jail records.