Kansas City, Kansas, police detectives are assisting with a suspicious death investigation into a house fire at 3:30 a.m. Dec. 12 in the 800 block of Troup Avenue.
According to a police spokesman, after firefighters extinguished the fire and began their investigation, authorities discovered three bodies.
Earlier reports were that firefighters had found two bodies in their initial search through the home. As the fire marshal, fire investigators and police detectives investigated the fire, a third body was found in the residence.
A Fire Department spokesman said a very extensive fire investigation continues, and the cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
The identities of the deceased victims are being withheld, until there is positive identification and family notification, police said.
The incident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.