Three deaths in North Mill fire being investigated as homicide

Three deaths in a fire at 29 N. Mill St. on Monday morning are being investigated as a homicide, according to a Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department spokesman.

Police officers were sent to the scene at 5:01 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, to assist the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department with a residential fire, the spokesman stated.

A preliminary investigation showed that three individuals, including an adult female and two juveniles, were victims of a homicide, according to a police spokesman.

Their identity will be released pending positive identification and family notification, according to the spokesman.

The spokesman said the circumstances leading up to the incident are under investigation by the Police Department’s Major Case Unit, which is encouraging anyone with information to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.