The Platte County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body of the young female located at the Platte Falls Conservation Area on June 1st. The victim has been positively identified through lab tests as Alissa Faye Shippert of Platte City. Alissa grew up in the Weston area and was a graduate of West Platte High School. Alissa was 22 years old and had worked at a local convenience store for more than 5 years at the time of her death. The family has been notified of the confirmed identification.
The investigation into the tragic death of Alissa continues. The Platte County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to call the Tips Hotline at (816)474-TIPS. A reward is being offered through the TIPS program.
This was a difficult case for local media. For all intents and purposes, the media would not have likely learned about this that day unless the Sheriff issued a press release (which they did) unless they were listening to the police scanners in a dedicated manner that day. Those that were, however, did alert local media and the grapevine in Northern Platte County started to hum with information including the victim's name.
Most reputable news outlets knew from experience that the case was a likely homicide given the Sheriff's language in the press release. Respect for the uninformed victim's family and waiting for a coroner's cause of death is typically paramount, a far more important and noble set of agreed upon rules. In this case, the Sheriff gave out as much information as he probably thought was useful to aid in his investigation.
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