KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The man found burned to death at a homeless camp on Super Bowl Sunday has been identified and his death is being investigated as a homicide.
The body of Derrick Wallace, 31, was discovered around 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 2 by Kansas City, Missouri, police officers responding to a reported dead body.
At the apparent homeless camp, officers located Wallace and called detectives to launch an investigation.
No cause of death has been determined, according to a KCPD spokesman.
Anyone with information about Wallace’s death or the circumstances that led up to the discovery of his burned body is asked to call the KCPD Homicide Unit at 816-234-5043 or the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).
