Man Charged In KCK Slayings Extradited

A Kansas City, Kan., man arrested in Texas in the shooting deaths of his pregnant ex-wife and her young daughter has been brought back to Kansas to answer to the charges, authorities said Friday.


Andrew Anthony Guerrero arrived at the Wyandotte County Detention Center about 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sheriff Leroy Green Jr. said in a news release. Guerrero, 23, waived his right to an extradition hearing earlier in the week, so authorities were able to return him to Kansas.

Guerrero had his first court appearance Friday afternoon and told the court he would apply for a court-appointed attorney, KMBC reported. His bond has been set at $10 million.


Prosecutors did not immediately return phone calls to The Associated Press on Friday.


Randall Henderson, administrator at the Wyandotte County Detention Center, said Guerrero underwent a mental health assessment once he got to the jail and will be housed in a regular cell for now, although he will be monitored.


Guerrero had been in custody in Texas since Monday. He and his 3-year-old son, Seth, were found at a motel in Denton, Texas, about 35 miles northwest of Dallas. Police in Kansas had issued an Amber Alert for the boy after finding his 23-year-old mother, Nicolette Lyons-Reed, who was pregnant, and her 8-month-old daughter, Leah, shot to death in their Kansas City, Kan., home.


Guerrero is charged with capital murder and two other murder charges in the shooting deaths of Lyons-Reed, her unborn child and Leah.


The capital murder charge means Guerrero could face the death penalty if convicted of his ex-wife's death.


Guerrero's son is now with his maternal grandparents. They were awarded temporary custody Monday and brought the boy back to Kansas.


The boy was not injured and apparently is recovering fine. Prosecutors have said he was not at the scene during the killings.


Besides the murder charges, Guerrero also faces earlier charges of aggravated interference with parental custody and burglary.

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