The Independence Police Department reported only a single
mysterious death this calendar year on the 400 block of North Spring Street, in
the Truman National Historic Landmark District, which is actually down from two
deaths reported in the year 2012, see blog posts “Mortality Rate Goes Up on
Spring Street” on 8/3/12 and “Landlord Loses Two Tenants” on 1/30/12. We understand that there also was a death
investigation reported at Heritage House Apartments on 1/2/15 which also
included a parade of police vehicles and an unmarked white van, but that property
is a block away and has its own statistical data base. And just a few weeks ago, on the other side
of McCoy Park, another dead body was discovered. The labeling of death posts on the crime reports website has a cartoon
figure of feet with a toe tag, cute! Whether
these deaths are judged to be of natural causes or crimes, this certainly isn’t
the most healthy location to live in Independence or anywhere in the metro area
for that matter. When we look back and
evaluate the failures of neighborhood revitalization, public health and safety
concerns never seem to be mentioned.
Maybe they should! Oh well, life
goes on, but sometimes it doesn’t so be careful out there!
