BUTLER COUNTY — El Dorado Correctional Facility (EDCF) resident Andrew Ellmaker, 39, died Tuesday, according to a statement from the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Ellmaker was found unresponsive in his cell. Staff and Emergency Medical Service personnel administered life-saving measures but were unable to revive him. The cause of death is pending the results of an independent autopsy.
Ellmaker was serving a 47-year sentence for convictions of first degree murder and aggravated battery in the brutal murder of his 26-year-old social worker Teri Zenner in Johnson County, Kansas in 2004…