Kansas man pleads guilty in death of 3-year-old daughter

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A Kansas City, Kansas, man will be sentenced March 25 after pleading guilty to killing his 3-year-old daughter.

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KSHB-TV reported 30-year-old Howard Jansen III pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder and five other charges. Police found the body of his daughter, Olivia Jansen, in July 2020 in a wooded area in Kansas City, Kansas, hours after Jansen reported her missing. An autopsy found she had signs of physical abuse and had died of a brain bleed.

Jansen's girlfriend, Jacqulyn Kirkpatrick, is serving a 31-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in Olivia's death.

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