LANSING, Kansas—Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) Minimum-custody resident Bradley G. Verstraete has been apprehended.
Verstraete was taken into custody Monday morning, April 8, 2024, by officials from the Lansing Police Department. He was arrested on the Kansas Department of Corrections escape warrant without incident.
Verstraete had been placed on escape status after he walked away from the minimum-security unit at LCF on April 7, 2024.
No other details are being released as the investigation is ongoing.
LANSING, Kansas—Minimum-custody resident Bradley G. Verstraete was placed on escape status at approximately 9:00 p.m. after it was reported that he walked away from the Lansing Correctional Facility on Sunday, April 7, 2024.
Verstraete, a 54-year-old white male, was reported missing when the resident could not be located at the minimum-security unit. This walkaway does not impact the security or operations of the medium-maximum secure compound.
Hutchinson Correctional Facility (HCF) resident Watson Kevin Bradford, 51, died Wednesday, April 3, 2024. He was found unresponsive in his cell Wednesday afternoon. Staff began life-saving measures immediately and continued after emergency medical services arrived. Mr. Bradford was pronounced deceased by medical staff. The cause of death is pending the results of an independent autopsy.
Per protocol, when a resident dies in the custody of the KDOC, the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The investigation is currently ongoing.
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Lansing Police Department have identified the human skeletal remains found Feb. 18 in a wooded area in Lansing.
RAWLINS COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Rawlins County Sheriff’s Office arrested two subjects after a search warrant was executed in McDonald, Kansas.
