WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Police are investigating whether a body found in a south Wichita pond is that of a man who may have jumped while running from police.
KAKE-TV reports a passer-by flagged down an officer Thursday afternoon after seeing what looked like a body in the water-filled sandpit. Crews later pulled the body from the water.
It’s the same pond where a 27-year-old man disappeared from sight after running from police early on the morning of March 8.
Officers had been trying to stop the man’s car for traffic violations. He crashed through a chain link fence, got out and ran. Authorities believe he jumped into the water and swam away.
Divers and crews in boats searched the pond for several hours that day but found nothing.
