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."