(KAIR)--The latest case of a stolen, out of area vehicle being located in Atchison, occurred early Tuesday morning; but, unlike two other recent cases, the vehicle was not found to have been set on fire.

A release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson says officers were called to northwest Atchison, the area of the Brookdale Addition, around 5:00 Tuesday morning, " in an attempt to locate a 2023 Ford F-150 pick up truck that had been stolen in Holt County, Missouri," with the vehicle- security system alerting authorities to its movement in that area.

The truck was not located, but another, a 2019 Ford F-150 stolen from the 1500 block of Brookdale Drive, was located, abandoned and unoccupied, on Harper Drive.

A short time after that truck's discovery, the one stolen from Missouri that began the morning search, was found, also unoccupied, near 8th and Spring Garden.

The investigation is continuing.

Last Thursday, a vehicle, stolen from Weston, Missouri, was found ablaze at Atchison's Jackson Park. Then, on Saturday, a vehicle, stolen from Wathena, was found burned at 244th and River Road, in rural Atchison County.

The Atchison Police Department, the Atchison County Sheriff's Office, as well as Missouri authorities, and others, are working to investigate.

Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, on Tuesday, said "it is very possible and very likely" that the two cases involving burned vehicles are related. Additionally, he said his office "also would believe that they are related to the multiple vehicle burglaries and vehicle thefts overnight" Monday.

Those cases were reported Tuesday morning, and include the burglary of a pickup truck, parked at 2447 Pacific Street, with a wallet and 9mm handgun reported stolen. Another pickup, also a Ford F-150, was also burglarized, with a vehicle jack stolen from inside it as it was parked at 17567 Parkview Street. Two other vehicles, in the area of 8270 Pratt Road, were also burglarized, with low value items stolen. That's a similar story for a theft that occurred at 9010 Pawnee Road where the burglary of another pickup resulted in the theft of a flashlight.

Laurie says his office is investigating, gathering video footage from the multiple locations where the similar crimes occurred.