Kansas police investigate homicide after missing woman found in suitcase
Lorretta M Moody, a 68-year-old Kansas woman who depended on oxygen and had limited mobility, was found dead inside a suitcase outside a Wichita fire station hours after her family reported her missing. Police are investigating the death as a homicide, but said there was no apparent threat to the wider public.
Two unidentified people brought the suitcase to Fire Station 22 shortly after 6pm, though investigators have not said how they obtained Moody’s body or whether they were involved in her death. Moody was last seen near South Mosley, and her family said she had been without her walker, oxygen and daily medication when she disappeared; detectives are interviewing witnesses, reviewing evidence and reconstructing the timeline.
- Missing 68-year-old woman found dead inside suitcase.
- Police are investigating the case as a homicide.
- Two people who delivered the suitcase are being interviewed.
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Lorretta M Moody was a 68-year-old Kansas woman with significant health needs. She relied on oxygen to breathe and had limited mobility, meaning she was dependent on her walker for movement and needed daily medication to manage her condition.
Moody went missing near South Mosley in Wichita and was found dead inside a suitcase left outside Fire Station 22 just hours later. Two unidentified people brought the suitcase to the station shortly after 6pm, though police have not yet explained how they came by her body or whether they were involved in her death. The fact that Moody was found without her walker, oxygen and medications has raised particular concern about the circumstances of her disappearance.
Police are investigating her death as a homicide but have said there is no apparent threat to the wider public. Detectives are working to reconstruct the timeline of events, interviewing witnesses and reviewing evidence to determine what happened to Moody and how she came to be found in these circumstances.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Body of missing woman found stuffed inside suitcase left at Kansas fire station parking lot”.