Autopsy raises suspicions in death of Kansas man found unconscious and exposed to weather

The death of a Kansas man who was found unconscious and outside at night is now being investigated as a suspicious death.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that an autopsy of John O. Glenn III, 56, of Great Bend, raised concerns that he may have died under suspicious circumstances.

The Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office and EMS were first dispatched at around 10:35 p.m. Jan. 23 to a home in Holyrood after a resident called 911. The caller reported that an unconscious man was outside and had been exposed to the weather for a long time. He was taken to a hospital and died the next morning.

Preliminary results from an autopsy raised the suspicions of investigators, and the KBI and the sheriff’s office have conducted several search warrants in Ellsworth County as part of the investigation.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the KBI at 1-800-KS-CRIME or the Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office at (785) 472-4416. Tips can also be submitted online at https://www.kbi.ks.gov/sar.

Kansas Department of Corrections records show Glenn had drug and theft convictions in Barton County.