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The Kansas Department of Revenue received notification at the beginning of the month a bedbug had been found in the Docking State Office Building, records show, as the state confirmed Friday bedbugs have now been found on at least three floors.

Revenue spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said the insect had been dead for some time, however, which is why no action was taken.

A Kansas State University insect diagnostician said in an email on Dec. 2 that an insect from the Department of Revenue was a bedbug.

The specimen is an adult, had been blood-fed previously, but it was found completely desicated, Eva Zurek, the diagnostician, wrote.

In a second email, Zureks findings were forwarded to a KDOR email address on Dec. 3. The emails were obtained by The Capital-Journal through an open records request to the Department of Administration, which is responsible for facilities maintenance.

Koranda said on Wednesday a bedbug had been found on the third floor, where Revenues taxation employees work. She said a supervisor had identified a suspected bedbug on Monday and that an exterminator was contacted at that point.

On Friday, Koranda said the key difference between the bug found on Monday and the one found weeks ago was that the one found this week was alive, while the other one wasnt.

What we were told was that it was long time dead when they found it, so it didnt indicate anything because the bedbug could have been brought in on any number of ways, Koranda said.

Department of Administration spokesman John Milburn confirmed the bugs had now been found on other floors, but he was unable to say which ones. Milburn did say they werent found on adjacent floors, meaning they havent been found on the second or fourth floors.

We know that there were at least two additional floors, Milburn said.

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Dec. 2 test confirms Docking had bedbug, emails show

The Kansas Department of Revenue received notification at the beginning of the month a bedbug had been found in the Docking State Office Building, records show, as the state confirmed Friday bedbugs have now been found on at least three floors.

Revenue spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda said the insect had been dead for some time, however, which is why no action was taken.

A Kansas State University insect diagnostician said in an email on Dec. 2 that an insect from the Department of Revenue was a bedbug.

The specimen is an adult, had been blood-fed previously, but it was found completely desicated, Eva Zurek, the diagnostician, wrote.

In a second email, Zureks findings were forwarded to a KDOR email address on Dec. 3. The emails were obtained by The Capital-Journal through an open records request to the Department of Administration, which is responsible for facilities maintenance.

Koranda said on Wednesday a bedbug had been found on the third floor, where Revenues taxation employees work. She said a supervisor had identified a suspected bedbug on Monday and that an exterminator was contacted at that point.

On Friday, Koranda said the key difference between the bug found on Monday and the one found weeks ago was that the one found this week was alive, while the other one wasnt.

What we were told was that it was long time dead when they found it, so it didnt indicate anything because the bedbug could have been brought in on any number of ways, Koranda said.

Department of Administration spokesman John Milburn confirmed the bugs had now been found on other floors, but he was unable to say which ones. Milburn did say they werent found on adjacent floors, meaning they havent been found on the second or fourth floors.

We know that there were at least two additional floors, Milburn said.

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Bedbugs found on 2 more floors of Docking building

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)- Callers told 13 News the Docking State Building has been infested with bed bugs for the past month.

When asked about it Wednesday, Kansas Department of Revenue spokesperson Jeannine Koranda said she did not know about the problem until Monday, she says a worker went home with a rash from the bed bugs.

Koranda says the problem appears limited to a small section on the third floor of Docking and workers in that section were kept home this week as precautionary measure.

Koranda would not let our news camera into the area -- while Docking is a public building, she says the bedbug problem is in a restricted area.

Department of Administration spokesman John Milburn says the state plans to bring in an exterminator Saturday.

"You always hear the old expression 'sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite' so judging by the nursery rhyme I assume they are not something you want to have. And so we don't want to have a working environment where employees are subjected to bugs of any kind, we want to get this problem taken care of as soon as possible," says John Milburn, Department of Administration.

Milburn told 13 News the bed bug problem should be cleared by next week.

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"Sleep Tight Don't Let Bed Bugs Bite"| Nursery Rhyme Becomes Reality At Docking State Buidling