Memorial honors 1-year-old girl as father faces felony murder charge in Wichita shooting
Prosecutors have charged 25-year-old Michael Tejeda with first-degree murder in the commission of a felony in the death of his one-year-old daughter due to gunfire. Criminal defense attorney Dan Monnat explains to KAKE News that the charge against the girl’s father is different from a typical murder charge. “In a felony murder situation, the need to prove a specific mental state is supplanted by evidence that the accused was committing, attempting to commit, or fleeing from an inherently dangerous felony….”