By the Associated Press:
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a preliminary autopsy indicated a 35-year-old female inmate at the Topeka Correctional Facility died of natural causes related to heart failure.
Jessica Chapman died Monday after she collapsed at a scheduled appointment at the prison’s medical clinic. The KBI says Chapman had received medical treatment the previous weekend for chest pains.
A corrections department spokeswoman says Chapman’s death is not believed to be related to COVID-19.
The KBI investigates all deaths of inmates at prisons or jails, unless the person is under the care of a doctor. Chapman was serving time for a drug conviction in Barton County and forgery from Rice County.
