The Rose Hill Police Department continues to investigate the case of a little girl found buried in a backyard last month. Police Chief Taylor Parlier said the case covers a geographical area outside Rose Hill and the state; the investigation even involves some federal entities.
The child, Kennedy Jean Schroer, was born on July 14, 2014. Investigators believe she died in November 2020, when she would have been six years old. She was found in the backyard of her adoptive parents’ home on Sept. 11 this year.
“After four years, there is limited physical evidence to be found,” Parlier said. “We are gathering data points from points in time exceeding these last four years, and as they come in, they create the mosaic of the case. Once that mosaic is complete, then we will have enough information to forward charges in this case.”
Police previously said her adoptive parents have been responsive to investigators.
The Sedgwick County Forensic Science Center was not able to determine a cause of death because of the body's decomposition. The forensic preliminary report gave findings that no visible injuries were observed, nor were any healing nor healed injuries observable.