KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, Missouri, police identified the victim in Monday's suspicious death investigation as a man who recently was reported missing.
A KCPD spokesperson said around 10:45 a.m. on Monday, officers were sent to a home near East 56th Terrace and Elmwood Avenue after receiving a report of a dead body.
Arriving officers discovered the body of an adult male, who was identified Tuesday as Gilberto Gutierrez.
Gutierrez was reported missing May 11 and considered endangered. His death is being investigated as a homicide.
A KCPD spokesperson said that, although the circumstances of the man’s death aren’t fully known, the death does not appear to be “natural.”
The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause of the man’s death.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
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For jurisdictions that utilize the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline, anonymous tips can be made by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com.
Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the 41 Action News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the 41 Action News Mug Shot Policy.
