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Overland Park police say woman’s body found in wooded area

Overland Park police were investigating after a body was found near 120th and Long streets, although they said the death did not appear to be suspicious in nature.
Overland Park police were investigating after a body was found near 120th and Long streets, although they said the death did not appear to be suspicious in nature.

Overland Park police said that a woman’s body was found in a wooded area Tuesday afternoon.

The body was found in the area of 120th and Long streets, which is just west of Quivira Road.

Police said the death did not appear suspicious in nature, but detectives are investigating.

It was not known if the death was connected to the case of a woman who had been reported missing and was last seen on Christmas Day.

Tony Rizzo: 816-234-4435, @trizzkc

This story was originally published December 27, 2016 at 3:35 PM with the headline "Overland Park police say woman’s body found in wooded area."

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