An El Dorado Correctional Facility resident dies over the weekend.
31-year-old Nicholas Reimonenq was found in his cell unresponsive and died Saturday morning at the facility. The cause of death is pending further investigation as well as results of an independent autopsy.
Per protocol, when a resident dies in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Reimonenq was serving a sentence for one count of burglary and one count of attempted aggravated burglary from Saline County and was admitted to KDOC on May 10th.
The investigation is currently on-going. The El Dorado Correctional Facility is an all-male facility housing all custody levels with a current population of 1,736 residents.
