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Father charged with murder after infant found dead in fire

Published February 15, 2022 9:18 AM

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — The father of an infant killed in a house fire in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, has been charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the case. The fire was reported around 1 a.m. Sunday in Shawnee. Firefighters battling the flames found the body of the infant inside home. Television station Fox4 reports that police later arrested 28-year-old Nicholas Adam Ecker. Ecker was charged Monday in Johnson County Court with first-degree murder and aggravated arson. Ecker is also charged with felony stalking, domestic aggravated assault and illegal possession of a firearm. He is being held on $1 million bond.

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