KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) — The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office has moved detention officer Richard Fatherley from unpaid to paid administrative leave after his second-degree murder charge was dismissed.
In September 2025, Fatherley was charged with second-degree unintentional but reckless murder in connection with Charles Adair’s death. Adair was an inmate in the Wyandotte County Detention Center after he was arrested on outstanding misdemeanor warrants for failing to appear on multiple traffic violations…