KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a “small baby” whose body was found in a field in eastern Kansas City.
Kansas City police were notified Saturday evening that a dead body was found in the field in open, uninhabited area, police spokesperson Sgt. Jacob Becchina said.
Becchina told Kansas City media Sunday that the medical examiner will determine the baby's age, gender and cause of death. No new information was available on Monday, police said.
The area where the baby was found is near woods frequented by homeless people, neighbors and police said.
The case is currently a death investigation because so little is known about the circumstances.
Becchina urged anyone with information on the baby's death to contact police. He said Kansas City police currently have no reports of missing babies that match this case.
“I know every one of these investigators, they want to know what happened and what led to this, whatever the explanation is," Becchina said. "We pray that somebody didn’t intentionally hurt this baby, that maybe there’s someone out there that panicked; a situation came up and they didn’t know how to deal with it.”
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KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a baby.
Just before 8p.m. Saturday, police were dispatched to a wooded area near the intersection of East 41st and Pitman Road in Kansas City after a caller reported the discovery of a dead body, according to a media release.
The caller had been in the woods and helped officers locate the body of a baby that had been dead for some time.
Detectives and crime scene personnel responded to the scene to assist with the investigation.
Authorities have not determined the age or other details including a cause of death. The Medical Examiner will make a final determination of cause and manner of death.
Police ask anyone who knows anything to contact the Homicide Unit directly at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS.