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Kan. man charged in death of 13-month-old girl

courtTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man has been charged in the death of a 13-month-old girl.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 26-year-old Michael John Guerrero was initially charged with attempted second-degree murder. But the charge was amended to first-degree murder after the girl’s death early Thursday. Guerrero has been jailed in Shawnee County since his arrest Wednesday. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.

Police said the girl was in “medical distress” when emergency responders began treating her Monday. She later was flown to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Police said it was determined that her injuries were the result of “criminal action.”

The girl’s name wasn’t immediately released, pending notification of relatives.

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