TPD provides update on body found in Kansas River

3 April 2024

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Topeka Police Department provided an update on an investigation into a body that was found in the Kansas River on March 29.

Rosie Nichols with the City of Topeka said officers with the TPD were called just before 9:30 a.m. to the 300 block of N. Kansas Avenue regarding a body in the Kansas River. Upon arrival, officers found a person who was pronounced dead at the scene.

On Wednesday, the TPD provided an update into the investigation. According to police, the death is being investigated as a suicide. TPD said they wouldn’t be releasing the identity of the individual.


Body recovered on Kansas Riverbank in Topeka

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