KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Johnson County jury hanged Tuesday on murder and arson charges against Nicholas Ecker in the February 2022 death of his baby at a Shawnee house.
The jury did convict Ecker on a charge of firearm possession by a felon.
Ecker was charged in February 2022 after Shawnee firefighters found a dead baby about 1 a.m. inside a burning home in the 10500 block of West 69th Terrace in Shawnee.
A scheduling conference is set for Oct. 16.
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