{"id":331,"date":"2026-09-18T21:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=patrol-platte-county-prosecutor-under-criminal-investigation-when-he-died"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:19:12","slug":"patrol-platte-county-prosecutor-under-criminal-investigation-when-he-died","status":"publish","type":"sjc_news","link":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=patrol-platte-county-prosecutor-under-criminal-investigation-when-he-died","title":{"rendered":"Patrol: Platte County prosecutor under criminal investigation when he died"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/65f20218c10e3.image_.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PLATTE CITY, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212; The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed Friday that Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd was under investigation at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MSHP confirmed to KQ2 on Friday that a criminal investigation is being led by the department&#8217;s Division of Drug and Crime Control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zahnd was found dead inside the Platte County Courthouse on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No criminal charges had been filed as of Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zahnd had served as the county&#8217;s prosecuting attorney since 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>KQ2 has reached out to the Highway Patrol&#8217;s Division of Drug and Crime Control for more information.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/news\/2026\/09\/18\/patrol-platte-county-prosecutor-under-criminal-investigation-when-he-died\/\">Patrol: Platte County prosecutor under criminal investigation when he died<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\">KQ2 | St. Joseph, Missouri News, Weather &amp; Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLATTE CITY, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212; The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed Friday that Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd was under investigation at the time of his death. MSHP confirmed to KQ2 on Friday that a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":332,"template":"","class_list":["post-331","sjc_news","type-sjc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sjc_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}