KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A woman found dead last month in a Pleasant Hill, Mo., home was identified Wednesday as the suspect in April bank robbery.
The remains found in a house July 26 in Pleasant Hill, Mo. were those of 78-year-old Bonnie Gooch.
Gooch had been charged in the April 6, 2023, robbery of the Goppert Financial Bank.
A judge released her after a court appearance in Cass County Court.
She did not show up for her next court hearing and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
Pleasant Hill police officers went to her house, found a door partially open and went inside, according to a news release from the Pleasant Hill Police Department.
Officers found Gooch dead in a rear bedroom.
Police said today foul play is not suspected in her death.
Gooch pleaded guilty to the 2020 robbery of the Bank of the West branch in Lee's Summit.
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