Judge to decide in April if Wyandotte County detention officer will face trial in jail death

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – A former Wyandotte County detention officer charged in an inmate’s death must wait until next year to learn if a judge will order him to stand trial.

Richard Fatherley is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Charles Adair.

The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office believes Fatherley kneeled on Adair’s back for more than a minute inside the Wyandotte County Jail in July. Adair died and a coroner ruled his death a homicide…

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