RENO COUNTY — A Kansas man on parole after convictions for rape, indecent liberties with a child, aggravated robbery and burglary, theft and aggravated sodomy and jailed in Reno County for new charges of alleged sexual exploitation of a child has been found dead.

Gary Robbins, 58, was found dead inside the Reno County Correctional Facility Friday morning, according to Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder.

It was around 5:40 a.m. Friday when the staff at the jail facility were alerted to an unresponsive inmate. Staff performed lifesaving measures, but were unsuccessful in reviving Robbins, who was pronounced dead at 6:20 a.m.

Robbins had been in the facility since his parole violation on Sept. 19. On Oct. 1, Robbins was charged with sexual exploitation of a child and possession of media of a child under 18.Robbins was accused of having sexually explicit photos of children. 

A preliminary investigation performed by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation suggests the injuries to Robbins were self-inflicted. No one was in the vicinity of Robbins at the time of his death.

An autopsy will be performed at the Wichita Forensic Center. 

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RENO COUNTY — A Kansas man on parole after convictions for rape, indecent liberties with a child, aggravated robbery and burglary, theft and aggravated sodomy is jailed in Reno County for new charges of alleged sexual exploitation of a child.

Gary Robbins, 58, is now accused of having sexually explicit photos of children, according to Reno County District Attorney Keith Schroeder.

Schroeder says he will also file the charges and list Robbins as an aggravated sex offender under the habitual sex offender rule, which could mean a life sentence with no chance of parole. The crime occurred on Sept. 19.

Robbins is also wanted for a parole violation for the previous conviction. He was paroled in 2017.

He’s expected in court Friday for the formal reading of the charge.