GLEN ELDER, Kan. — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a suspect in a kidnapping died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a long standoff.
The KBI says a 78-year-old man contacted Mitchell County authorities on Saturday to report he had been kidnapped at gunpoint and held for 26 hours by an acquaintance, 59-year-old John Roudybush, of rural Glen Elder. When officers tried to serve a search warrant at Roudybush’s home on Sunday evening, he refused to come out.
The KBI says after hours of negotiations, officers heard a gunshot early Monday and found Roudybush dead inside the house. No shots were fired at officers. An investigation is continuing.
