Wichita

Felon Charged With Murder After 3-Year-Old Daughter Fatally Shoots Her Year-Old Sister in the Head With His Loaded, Unsecured Handgun
Child death

A Kansas father has been charged with murder after his 3-year-old daughter picked up his loaded, unsecured handgun and shot her 1-year-old sister fatally in the head. Michael Tejeda, 24, was also charged with felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of aggravated child endangerment. According to KAKE, Tejeda told investigators the children’s …

Murder
October 26, 2024

Kansas Mom Charged With Shooting ‘Bad Kid’ 16-Year-Old Son in the Head

A Kansas woman said she didn’t mean to shoot her 16-year-old son in the head earlier this month but may have meant to shoot over his head to scare him. Tesha Florence, 46, also known as Tesha Jenkins, faces a second degree murder charge in the death of Robert Florence, her teenage son, KAKE reports. …

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Murder
August 26, 2023

Teen Found Dead in Trunk of Boyfriend’s Car

A Kansas man was charged with murder on Saturday after his 19-year-old girlfriend was found dead in the trunk of his car. Wichita Police said officers were dispatched to Alexander Lewis’s apartment when a 911 operator in North Carolina got a call from a woman reporting that her son may have harmed his girlfriend. Police …

13-year-old girl dies after car thief drags her for miles
Murder
February 7, 2021

13-year-old girl dies after car thief drags her for miles

A 13-year-old girl was killed Saturday when she tried to get out of a stolen vehicle and ended up being dragged for several miles, KWCH reports. Kevin Palmer, 34, was arrested and charged with felony murder in the incident, which took place around noon. Wichita police said the girl, who has not been named, was …

Mom admits she helped boyfriend hide her deceased toddler in cement INSIDE their home after he beat the boy to death
Murder
November 30, 2018

Mom admits she helped boyfriend hide her deceased toddler in cement INSIDE their home after he beat the boy to death

A Kansas woman was convicted of murder and other related charges after she admitted she helped her boyfriend hide her son Evan Brewer, a 3-year-old toddler found deceased inside a concrete block in 2017. Topeka Capital-Journal reports Miranda Miller, 37, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to child abuse, aggravated child endangerment, and second-degree murder. According to Sedgwick District Attorney …

Court docs show Lucas Hernandez was on CPS radar starting at 7 months old, school never notified social workers of suspected abuse: Report
Child Abuse
July 9, 2018

Court docs show Lucas Hernandez was on CPS radar starting at 7 months old, school never notified social workers of suspected abuse: Report

Court documents from the the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) show a harrowing life for a Kansas boy Lucas Hernandez. found deceased in May, with reports of child neglect and abuse starting when he was a 7-month-old. CrimeOnline obtained a timeline of Lucas’ DCF reports provided by Kansas DCF Communications Director, Taylor Forrest, on …

AUTOPSY REPORTS IN: 5-year-old found in creek, Lucas Hernandez, system full of drugs; ‘Stepmother’ Emily Glass dead from suicide
Juveniles
June 27, 2018

AUTOPSY REPORTS IN: 5-year-old found in creek, Lucas Hernandez, system full of drugs; ‘Stepmother’ Emily Glass dead from suicide

Officials released the autopsy an toxicology results for 5-year-old Kansas boy Lucas Hernandez on Tuesday and the public is not any closer to understanding how the little boy died, even though a substance was found in his system. According to Public Information Officer Kate Flavin Wichita’s Forensics Science Unit, the results couldn’t determine how little …

Monday Crime Stories: Tot boy Lucas Hernandez stepmother dead; Suicide or homicide?
Podcast
June 11, 2018

Monday Crime Stories: Tot boy Lucas Hernandez stepmother dead; Suicide or homicide?

The death of Lucas Hernandez’s step mom has left many unanswered questions about the death of the 5-year-old Kansas boy. Why was Lucas’s father the one who discovered Emily Glass fatally shot in the house where he no longer lived? What did Jonathan Hernandez know about Glass’s physical abuse of little Lucas and about his …