Lawrence police are investigating the apparent beating of a 20-year-old Lawrence man found unresponsive this morning with multiple skull fractures and cuts on his head.

The victim, identified as Travis Adams, shares an apartment with his mother in the 4600 block of West Sixth Street. She told police she came home about 8 a.m. today and found him unresponsive and covered with blood inside the apartment, said Lt. David Cobb, a Lawrence Police spokesman.

Adams was flown to a Kansas City-area hospital, Cobb said.

Based on blood found at the scene, police believe he was the victim of a battery in the apartments’ parking lot, Cobb said.

“There was evidence indicating he was injured there and walked back into his apartment,” Cobb said.

Officers were canvassing the neighborhood and investigating the crime scene this morning, Cobb said.

Adams works at a local Hy-Vee and didn’t show up for work last night, Cobb said.