TPD: "Suspicious death" being investigated as a homicide

Topeka Police investigating suspicious death on Monday, June 17, 2019 (WIBW/Grant Stephens)
Topeka Police investigating suspicious death on Monday, June 17, 2019 (WIBW/Grant Stephens)
Published: Jun. 18, 2019 at 12:59 PM CDT

The Topeka Police Dept. continues to investigate the death of a 36-year-old man

Monday morning inside a central Topeka home.

According to police, officers found John K. Waller's body inside the house, in the 700 block of SW Wayne Ave., near Children's Park, around 9:45 a.m.

The officers reportedly noticed "several suspicious circumstances" that led them to bring in detectives and crime scene investigators.

TPD says they are investigating his death as a homicide.

Anyone with information about the death is asked to call the Topeka Police Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau at 785-368-9400 or Shawnee Co. Crime Stoppers at 785-234-0007. Anonymous tips can also be made to

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