Tamara Sparks’ body found next to Northland road; police investigating ‘suspicious death’

  • If this is a homicide, it’ll be KC’s 88th of 2011.

UPDATE (October 6): The body of a woman found near a Northland road has been identified as 40-year-old Tamara Sparks. Police say Sparks’ cause of death hasn’t been determined, and they still consider her death suspicious.

Original Story (October 5):
A woman’s body was found next to a Northland road Tuesday evening, and police are calling the woman’s death “suspicious.”

Around 5:25 p.m., authorities found the woman’s body on the side of 120th Street, just east of Eastern. The victim is described as a white female in her 20s.

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