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Police identify woman found dead Monday near I-70 east of downtown Kansas City

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UPDATE, March 12 | Police have identified the victim as Megan Aldridge, 35.

ORIGINAL REPORT | A woman was found dead Monday afternoon near Interstate 70 and The Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri.

Police said the woman's body was found just off the exit ramp from the eastbound lanes of I-70.

It's not known if the woman was a victim of a hit-and-run crash or how she died.

Investigators were on the scene Monday, gathering evidence.

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