Kansas City police spot potential human remains near wastewater treatment plant
Detectives will be working with the medical examiner's office to learn more
Detectives will be working with the medical examiner's office to learn more
Detectives will be working with the medical examiner's office to learn more
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is now working with the Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office after officers found what is believed to be human remains early Wednesday morning.
Police said officers from KCMO's East Patrol Division were in the area of the Blue River Waste Water Plant in the 7300 block of Hawthorne Road just before 2:30 a.m. when they made a gruesome find.
Officers spotted what appeared to be partial potential human remains.
Police said detectives were called to the scene and will be working with the medical examiner's office to determine if the remains are human, where they came from, who they belong to, and how that individual died.
Police stressed due to the nature of the remains, investigations like this can take some time.
There are no additional details available for release.