Kansas City Police Plead For Info After Dead Baby Found In Woods On Mother's Day Weekend

A horrific discovery in the woods near Arrowhead & The K stadium sparks police investigation and hope that the community will help sort out the facts of the case.

Here are the basics of the story and a roundup of all the info available right now . . .

Officers were dispatched to a wooded area near the intersection of 41st and Pitman Rd on a dead body call. Police said the caller had been in the woods and located what they believed to be a dead body.

Officers responded and located the body of a deceased young baby. Detectives and crime scene personnel responded to the scene for investigation.

The important call to action . . . 

Police are calling on the community to help identify a baby found dead Saturday in a field in Kansas City.

Police have described the child as a “small baby,” but the age and gender had not yet been determined as of Sunday afternoon, said Sgt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department.

“Right now the biggest thing is we know there are people in the community that know what happened here. There has to be. There’s no other explanation for it,” Becchina said during a press conference Sunday. “Today on Mother’s Day, there’s at least one mother who is without their baby, and those people know who they are and they have the answers that investigators need, whatever that explanation is.”

A final note from a KCPD press release . . . 

Investigators know someone has pertinent information in this case that they need to bring justice for this baby, they are asking for anyone who knows anything to contact the Homicide Unit directly at 816-234-5043 or the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS. 

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Young baby body found in woods Saturday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department is investigating a death investigation where a body was found in the woods Saturday evening. Officers were dispatched to a wooded area near the intersection of 41st and Pitman Rd on a dead body call.

Kansas City, Missouri, police investigate death of young baby found in woods near 41st, Pittman

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is investigating the death of a young baby found Saturday evening in the woods near 41st Street and Pittman Road. KCPD officers responded to a report of a dead body in the area around 7:45 p.m.

KC police: 'We pray that somebody didn't intentionally hurt' baby found dead in field

Police are calling on the community to help identify a baby found dead Saturday in a field in Kansas City. Police have described the child as a "small baby," but the age and gender had not yet been determined as of Sunday afternoon, said Sgt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department.

Kansas City police investigating the death of 'young baby' after body discovered in woods

Police are investigating the death of a young baby after a body was discovered in the woods near an intersection in Kansas City, Missouri.Late Saturday, around 7:45 pm, officers were dispatched to a wooded area near the intersection of East 41st and Pitman Road after a caller reported the discovery of a dead body.In a press release Sunday, police confirmed the caller had been in the woods and helped officers locate what they believed to be a dead body.

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