KANSAS CITY—Police are working to identify a body found in a creek recovered from a Kansas City area creek.
Just before 8p.m. Monday a Kansas City Fire Department Rescue unit returning to their station near Emanual Cleaver and Cleveland spotted what appeared to be a body in brush creek, according to Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins.
The company stopped and confirmed the information and requested additional resources. KC Fire Department crews entered the water and retrieved the individual. Due to the body temperature and condition of the body, crews-initiated CPR on the victim.
The individual was transported to St. Lukes with CPR in progress. Patient care was transferred to ER staff, who after several minutes of CPR ceased care and pronounced the individual deceased.
The victim was an African American male approximately 40 to 50 years old with no identification. It is unknown if a medical emergency caused the individual to end up in the creek or the creek caused the medical emergency. Kansas City Police are in charge of the investigation.