Police investigating homicide after body found Friday in Kansas City neighborhood
Detectives are investigating a homicide Friday night after a body was found outside near homes in a Kansas City neighborhood, according to police.
Officers were called about 6 p.m. to a “suspicious party” in the area of East 37th Street and Agnes Avenue, where they found the body, said Capt. David Jackson, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department.
It remained unclear how the person died. Police were unable to determine a cause of death at the crime scene.
But investigators discovered injuries that were consistent with foul play, Jackson said.
The death is being investigated as Kansas City’s 174th homicide this year, according to data maintained by The Star. By this time last year, there had been 139 killings.
Police asked anyone with information about the death to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
This story was originally published November 27, 2020 at 8:09 PM.
