Child’s death upgraded to homicide

A child’s death on May 27 in the 700 block of Vermont Avenue has been upgraded to a homicide, according to a Kansas City, Kan., police spokesman.

Police officers responded to an unresponsive juvenile call at 7:45 p.m. May 27, 2016, and found a 4-year-old girl, Honesty Sanders, on the floor of an apartment, the spokesman said.

Officers began cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the girl and continued it until she was taken to a hospital, where she later died, according to the spokesman.

A suspect is not currently in custody, the police spokesman said.

The Kansas City, Kan., Police Department Criminal Investigations Division is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.