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Police investigate suspicious death after body found Sunday in Kansas City park

Kansas City police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found Sunday morning on the edge of a pond near 24th Street and Topping Avenue.
Kansas City police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found Sunday morning on the edge of a pond near 24th Street and Topping Avenue.

Police are conducting a suspicious death investigation after a man’s body was found in a Kansas City park Sunday morning.

Officers responded just before 9 a.m. after a passerby reported finding a dead body and a nearby car on the east side of a pond near 24th Street and Topping Avenue, said Sgt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman with the Kansas City Police Department.

Detectives are talking with witnesses, and crime scene investigators are processing evidence at the scene because it’s outside, giving authorities one opportunity to process it fully, he said.

The medical examiner will determine the cause of death along with detectives and crime scene investigators.

Police ask anyone with information to call the homicide unit at 816-234-5043 or the anonymous TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

Andrea Klick
The Kansas City Star
Andrea Klick was a breaking news reporter for The Kansas City Star. She studied journalism and political science at the University of Southern California and grew up near Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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