The Kansas City, Kansas man accused of killing his 3-year-old daughter has been charged with her death. So has the man’s girlfriend.
Howard Jansen III and Jacqulyn Kirkpatrick were charged Sunday with first-degree murder, aggravated child endangerment and child desecration. The desecration charge comes from “unlawfully and knowingly obtaining unauthorized control of a dead body.” Details behind the charges have not been announced.
Jansen was arrested Friday night, shortly after Olivia Jansen’s body was found roughly a mile from the family house. Kirkpatrick was arrested Sunday.
Jansen originally told authorities the last time he saw Olivia was 11 pm Thursday. He then said he woke up around 5:30 am Friday to find her gone and a door open, but he didn’t report her missing for another three hours. However, KCK officers say several stories developed Friday that didn’t add up.
Word on first court appearances is pending.
12:15 pm Saturday: Girlfriend of Howard Jansen now in custody in connection to three-year-old’s death Friday
A second person is now in custody in connection to the disappearance and death of three-year-old Olivia Jansen Friday.
KCTV-5 reported Friday that Jansen’s father, Howard Jansen, had been arrested and booked into the Wyandotte County Jail after a body, believed to be Olivia, was discovered Friday evening. Now Jansen’s girlfriend, Jackie Kirkpatrick is also in custody.
KVTV-5 reports Kirkpatrick was booked into the Wyandotte County Jail early Saturday morning on “abuse of a child; unknown circumstances and first-degree murder.” Formal charges have yet to be filed.
Both Kirkpatrick and Jansen are being held on a 48-hour hold.
Friday morning, Olivia Jansen was reported missing by her father who stated he awoke to find that she was not in their home and the backdoor to the residence was open. Given Olivia’s age and a subsequent search of the area, an AMBER Alert was issued.
The alert was canceled around 6 pm Friday evening after a body was discovered along a hiking trail less than half a mile away from the Jansen residence. Further details are currently pending. Stay with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for more developments as they become available.
7 am Saturday: Father of missing KCK child booked into Wyandotte County Jail; Formal charges pending
No formal charges have been filed at this time, however, the father of a missing Kansas City Kansas child whose disappearance was reported Friday has been booked into jail.
According to KCTV-5 in Kansas City, Howard Jansen, the father of Olivia Jansen, the three-year-old child whose disappearance sparked a statewide AMBER Alert Friday morning, has been booked into the Wyandotte County Jail on a 48-hour hold. Friday morning, Jansen reported his daughter missing after he claims he awoke to find she was not in their home and the back door to their house was open.
An AMBER Alert was then issued in both Kansas and Missouri and was later canceled just after 6 pm when a body, believed to be Olivia, was located along a walking trail, less than a mile away from the Jansen’s residence.
Stay with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for more updates as this story unfolds.
