FRANKLIN, IND. — An 31-year-old inmate died at Johnson County Sheriff's Office on Friday.
According to the office, corrections officers found an inmate unconscious in their cell around 9:30 a.m. on Friday.
Police said the officers immediately began lifesaving measures, but they were unsuccessful.
According to the Johnson County Coroner Mike Pruitt, the inmate was 31-year-old trans male Leomeir V. Kennedy of Vancouver, Washington.
Kennedy was in the Johnson County jail awaiting a jury trial in September for child molestation and child pornography charges.
According to court documents, Kennedy went to the Greenwood Police Department on April 10 and confessed to molesting three children.
Kennedy allegedly told police he had been employed at the Hopebridge Autism Therapy Center for about eight months. He took the job because "it was a 'victim pool'" and because "he felt he could really help children with autism grow," according to the affidavit.
Police don't suspect foul play as a factor in the death of the inmate. The cause of death was determined to be cardiac arrest.
At this time, the Johnson County Coroner's Office is working on notifying the inmate's next of kin who live out of state.
