LINN COUNTY, Kan. (KOAM) — Authorities in Kansas City confirm the cause of death of a Linn County, Kansas, teenager.
According to the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, Airen Andula, 13, of Pleasanton, Kansas, died from dog bite injuries.
Missouri prosecutors charged a suspect, Damon Leonard, with abandonment of a corpse last month. Kansas City, Kansas, authorities have filed requested charges of interference with law enforcement, criminal desecration, and having a vicious dog at large.
Case Background
According to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a report of a missing 13-year-old, Airen Andula, on Sunday, December 21.
Once it was confirmed the juvenile was missing, deputies, alongside the Linn County Emergency Management, launched search efforts…