GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 39-year-old man was found dead in a field over the weekend.
Jackson County Sheriff Darryl Forté said deputies were called around 11:15 a.m. Saturday to Duncan Road and Sweeney Road, outside Grain Valley, for a call of a body in a ditch.
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When deputies arrived, they found the man just off the roadway in a field. Detectives believe the man’s body was dropped off in the field.
The man has since been identified as 39-year-old Charles Stutts, of Kansas City.
This discovery Saturday comes just one day after another body was reported on Friday near Buckner Tarsney and Hanna roads, about 6 miles away, outside Buckner.
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Officials do not suspect foul play in that Buckner Tarsney case, and Forté stressed they do not believe the two cases are connected in any way.
Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS or the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office at 816-541-8017 ext. 70434.