Before 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, Wichita police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in a vacant lot located in the 8200 block of W. Irving Street, an area south of Kellogg and a few blocks east of Tyler Road.
Arriving officers were directed to a white four-door Mercedes, and they discovered a deceased 39-year-old man in the vehicle's trunk.
The victim was found wrapped in blood-stained bedding with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper and lower body.
The victim's remains have been transported to the Sedgwick County Medical Examiner's Office for further examination.
During the investigation, detectives identified the Deluxe Inn at 8401 W. Kellogg Drive as the original crime scene.
Anyone with information related to this case is urged to contact Wichita Police Department Homicide Investigators at (316) 268-4407. For those who wish to remain anonymous, please contact Crime Stoppers at (316) 267-2111.