Crime

Kansas City firefighters find body inside burning car

Kansas City police are investigating the death of a person found inside a burning car Thursday afternoon.

Firefighters were called to the 6100 block of Walrond Avenue just before 5 p.m. Thursday to extinguish a car fire.

After the fire was put out, they discovered a human body in the vehicle and notified police.

The death was being investigated as a suspicious death Thursday night, according to police. Investigators were unable to determine the gender or race of the person.

The vehicle was parked in the driveway outside of a vacant house, police said.

Tony Rizzo, trizzo@kcstar.com

This story was originally published June 4, 2015 at 6:31 PM with the headline "Kansas City firefighters find body inside burning car."

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