INMAN, Kan. — The suspect in the murder of a Rooks County man was found dead in his home near Inman. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says 47-year-old Jon Flowers was found dead of an apparent suicide. Flowers was a suspect in the murder of Mark Reif.

On Wednesday evening Sept. 11 and Thursday morning Sept. 12, KBI agents interviewed Flowers. Multiple search warrants were also served at Flowers’ residence near Inman.

Saturday evening deputies from the Rice County Sheriff’s Office responded to Flowers’ home for a welfare check when he did not show up to work or respond to contact from family. When deputies arrived, they discovered Flowers dead inside the residence.

The KBI believes Flowers acted alone in the murder of Reif. There is no indication that the violence was random. Reif, who was 56, was found dead at his home in Plainville on Sept. 9.

The investigation remains ongoing.