Lopez has previous convictions that include forgery, theft and for drugs, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections -photo Wichita Police
SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a murder and asking the public for help to locate a suspect
On Monday, police responded a welfare check call at a home in the 4500 Block of South Walnut in Wichita, according to Captain Jason Stephens from the Wichita Police Department Persons Crime Bureau.
When officers arrived, they entered the home and found two victims identified as 25-year-old Mickayla Sorell and her 8-year-old daughter Natalia Sorell-Lopez dead from apparent gunshot wounds, according to Stephens.
Police had responded after a call that Mickayla had not shown up for work Monday. Investigators believe the shooting occurred late Saturday, March 28, according to Stephens.
Investigators have developed a suspect identified as 25-year-old Daniel O. Lopez, according to Stephens. He is Mickayla's boyfriend. Police want to question him and are asking the public for help to find him.
Police say Lopez is considered armed and dangerous and anyone who knows where he is should call 911.
These are the 13th and 14th homicides in Wichita this year, according to Stephens.
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a 8-year-old girl and a woman in her 20s have been shot and killed in a Wichita home.
Officers found the victims around 4:30 p.m. Monday while responding to a welfare check at the home in the southern part of the city.
Police Capt. Wendell Nicholson said officers believe the woman and child lived at the home together, but he did not know if the homicide victims were mother and daughter. He said the killings are not believed to be random, but he did not know if their deaths stemmed from a domestic violence incident