Crime

Mission teenager is found dead at KCK motel

A woman found dead at a Kansas City, Kan., motel has been identified as 18-year-old Monica J. Chavira.

Chavira, of Mission, was found dead Tuesday night in a motel room in the 500 block of Southwest Boulevard.

Kansas City, Kan., police said the case is being investigated as a homicide.

Police said that there were visible marks on Chavira’s body but that they didn’t know if a weapon was involved.

Anyone with information about her death is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

Tony Rizzo: 816-234-4435, @trizzkc

This story was originally published July 6, 2016 at 10:54 AM with the headline "Mission teenager is found dead at KCK motel."

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