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KCPD investigate homicide in 3600 block of E. Gregory Blvd.

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Posted at 9:22 PM, Sep 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-09-14 22:22:56-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police were investigating the city's latest homicide Monday night.

Officers responded around 3 p.m. to a vacant home in the 3600 block of East Gregory Boulevard on reports of a dead body. The calling party led officers into the home, which police said is being rehabbed. They located the body "in an advanced state of decomposition," according to police.

A cause of death has not yet been determined, but a KCPD spokesperson said "the circumstances are suspicious enough that homicide detectives are investigating as a homicide and bringing all the resources at their disposal to the investigation."

Anyone with information is asked to contact homicide detectives at 816-234-5043 or the anonymous TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

For jurisdictions that utilize the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline, anonymous tips can be made by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com.

Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the 41 Action News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015.