Allen County Sheriff Bryan Murphy confirmed Friday that a suicide had occurred at the county jail on June 24. Phil Churning, an inmate in the jail, died while in custody. Murphy noted that an ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Efforts to contact the KBI on Friday were unsuccessful because of the holiday.
In a letter to the editor printed in Friday’s edition of the Register, Churning’s older brother William alleged corrections officers were notified several times of his brother’s depression and need for mental health…
