Police: Child's remains found buried in backyard of Rose Hill home

ROSE HILL, Kan. (KSNW) -  Police have uncovered a child's body buried in a backyard in Rose Hill. Police say the body has been buried for quite a while.

The Rose Hill Police Department said that on Tuesday, around 7:30 p.m., officers received a call about an adult occupant in distress near Rose Hill Road and Rosewood Street.

While police were on their way, they received information that the adult was barricaded inside the residence. Officers resolved the incident, and the adult was transported in serious but stable condition to an area hospital.

While on the scene, officers learned of a possible past homicide and started investigating. At about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, police recovered a child's body in the backyard, whose decomposition suggests that they were buried for possibly a couple of years.

"This is incredibly fast at the moment, from finding out, we responded to a call that we didn't expect to find this, to finding the body," Rose Hill Police Chief Taylor Parlier said.

Sedgwick County cadaver dogs were called in to assist.

The investigation is ongoing.

Police ask anyone with information about the case to call the Rose Hill Police Department at (316) 776-0191 or email police@cityofrosehill.com.

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