36-year-old inmate Asa Hashanna Adams, serving a life sentence for murder, died at Topeka Correctional Facility on May 4.

36-year-old inmate Asa Hashanna Adams, serving a life sentence for first-degree murder at Topeka Correctional Facility in Kansas, passed away on May 4 after being found unresponsive in her living unit. Staff and emergency medical services attempted life-saving measures but were unable to resuscitate her. The Kansas Department of Corrections and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation are investigating her death, pending the results of an independent autopsy.