A 48-year-old man, identified as Larry D. Boyd, was found fatally wounded in a residential area of southern Kansas City on the afternoon of June 21, 2024. A woman discovered the body amid thick brush and overgrown vegetation near Wabash Avenue and East 84th Street, close to Marlborough Park, and first responders pronounced Boyd dead at the scene. Investigators reported apparent gunshot wounds and homicide detectives assumed the investigation.

Police described a ditch behind the tree line where broken furniture and debris were scattered; officers said the shooting likely occurred several hours before the discovery, but it was not clear whether the violence happened at that location or the victim had been moved there. No witnesses immediately came forward, and no suspects had been identified in the initial phase of the inquiry. Anyone with information about Boyd or the events leading to his death is asked to come forward.