Shawnee police investigating after woman found unresponsive in pool dies

SHAWNEE, Kan. (KCTV) - An investigation is underway in Shawnee after a woman pulled from pool Wednesday night passed away.

According to the Shawnee Police Department, officers went to the 6400 block of Mulled Road just after 7 p.m. after a caller stated someone had been found unresponsive in a pool. The Shawnee Fire Department and Johnson County Med-Act also went to the scene.

The neighborhood is just north of Shawnee Mission Parkway and west of Pflumm Road.

Lifesaving measures were performed but the person did not survive.

Witnesses said they had been swimming in the pool with the victim, described only as a 51-year-old woman who was a visitor at the residence, when they noticed she had gone underwater.

The police said it “appears to be a possible drowning.”

Update:

On Thursday, the woman who passed away was identified as Marcha A. Caldwell from Grandview, Missouri.

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