Kansas City police are investigating after a body was found Tuesday afternoon in a burned car on the city's southeast side. Police said officers were called at 12:45 p.m. to Woods Chapel and Little Blue roads on a vehicle fire. Two people walking on a wooded private property located the vehicle, investigators say. Authorities said officers arrived and saw a burned car and a person dead inside. Investigators later said that the body was not located in the driver or passenger seat, rather it was found in the center of the vehicle. The body is so badly burned that the medical examiner will be needed to determine who the victim is. It appears the vehicle could be a Chevy Impala, Malibu or Monte Carlo. To get KMBC 9 News updates on the go, download our app

Kansas City police are investigating after a body was found Tuesday afternoon in a burned car on the city's southeast side.

Police said officers were called at 12:45 p.m. to Woods Chapel and Little Blue roads on a vehicle fire. Two people walking on a wooded private property located the vehicle, investigators say.


Authorities said officers arrived and saw a burned car and a person dead inside.



Investigators later said that the body was not located in the driver or passenger seat, rather it was found in the center of the vehicle.

The body is so badly burned that the medical examiner will be needed to determine who the victim is.

It appears the vehicle could be a Chevy Impala, Malibu or Monte Carlo.

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