(KNZA)-- The Jackson County Jail inmate who died early Tuesday morning while in custody has been identified.
Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse identity the inmate as 70-year-old Mark Hull, of Topeka.
Morse said Hull was found unresponsive shortly before 3:00 Tuesday morning by jail staff.
Attempts to revive him by Jackson County EMS were unsuccessful.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is handling the probe into the death.
Morse said whether a person who is incarcerated in a correctional facility dies of foul play or natural causes in Kansas, the K.B.I. is in charge of investigating the cause of death.
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