Topeka police investigate suspicious death near local community center

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Police are launching a suspicious death investigation this week after finding a dead person in a vehicle near a Topeka community center.

The Topeka Police Department (TPD) announced in a press release that officers on patrol around 6:45 p.m. on July 15 came across a suspicious vehicle in the 1500 block of Southwest Clay Street near the Central Park Community Center. Officers found a dead man inside the vehicle.

The TPD said the investigation into the incident is ongoing. More information will be added to this story or a later article as it becomes available.

If you have information to share with police regarding this investigation, call 785-368-9400 or send an email to telltpd@topeka.org. You can send in anonymous tips to law enforcement by contacting Shawnee County Crime Stoppers at 785-234-0007 or by clicking here.

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