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KCKPD investigating weekend death

KCKPD
Posted at 8:52 AM, Jan 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-25 09:52:14-05

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating one man's death from over the weekend.

According to police, they were called to the 1000 block of Orville avenue on Saturday around 7:45 a.m. for a welfare check.

Officers found a man in his early 70s deceased in an apartment.

The circumstances of the man's death are unknown. The incident is under investigation.

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