Kansas City, Kansas, police are investigating a body found in the Kansas River around 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28.
According to a police spokesman, a Unified Government Water Pollution employee reported what appeared to be a body in the river at that time.
Police officers responded and confirmed a body was found in the river near North 3rd Street and North James Street, the spokesman stated.
The identity of the deceased will not be released until there is positive identification and family notification, according to the spokesman.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.