NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a suburban Kansas City man whose death is being investigated as a homicide was believed to have information about a 2016 killing.

North Kansas City Police Maj. James Bagley says officers were responding to a shots fired call early Monday when they found 19-year-old Zachary Thomas Murphy of Gladstone dead on the front porch of an apartment building. The Kansas City Star reports that no suspect information is available.

Murphy was a person of interest in the September 2016 shooting death of 22-year-old Logan Minton, of Riverside, in North Kansas City. Investigators said they believed he had information about who may have shot Minton but refused to cooperate with investigators.

Authorities believe that Minton was abducted in Kansas City before the shooting. Minton’s death remains unsolved.

LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say human remains have been found in a suburban Kansas City storage unit.

Lenexa police said in a news release that the discovery was made Tuesday night as officers were checking on a report that people had been sleeping in one of the units at a U-Haul Moving and Storage facility. The release says police are conducting a “death investigation.”

No information was provided about the cause of death, age or gender of the person found dead. Lenexa Officer Danny Chavez told WDAF-TV that the identification process may “take some time” because of the degree of decomposition.

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) – A judge has found sufficient evidence for a southwest Missouri foster care couple to stand trial on charges that they abused a toddler in their care.

The Joplin Globe reports that Shawn and Stefani Stovall were bound over for trial Monday on single felony counts of child abuse. The Stovalls, both 41, began caring for the 2-year-old boy in May in Mount Vernon. Police and state welfare officials began investigating in July after a call to the state’s child abuse hotline.

Court records say the child’s biological mother noticed bruises on her son’s forehead, neck, chin, upper torso, sides, buttocks, legs, ears and genitals during a supervised visit. The boy was taken for an examination.

SENECA, Kan. (AP) — SKF USA says it plans to close its plant in Seneca during the next 18 months, eliminating 170 jobs in the small town north of Topeka.

The plant is one of the main employers in Seneca, which has a population of about 2,000 people.

SKF USA is owned by Sweden-based SKF Group. The company said Tuesday it is consolidating its industrial seals manufacturing work. The work being done in Seneca will be transferred to a plant in Salt Lake City.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Mayor Joe Mitchell called the decision a “huge blow” to the city.

Mitchell said he’s hopeful the town will find another manufacturer to replace SKF.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A University of Missouri fraternity says it’s removing a deck that collapsed over the weekend as people danced on it.

KSHB-TV reports that several people suffered minor injuries when the deck at the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity house gave way during homecoming festivities. The fraternity says the deck
dropped a couple feet.

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The fraternity says in a statement that those who were injured were treated at the house and refused further medical care. The statement says the fraternity isn’t aware of any hospitalizations.

The City of Columbia issued a complaint Monday, calling the deck a public nuisance that must be repaired, replaced or demolished. The fraternity says it is cooperating with the city and university.