KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Lenexa, Kansas, man pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty in the November 2024 deaths of his wife and son.
Around 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 1, police were called to check on the sound of shots coming from inside a home in the 7900 block of Hallett Street.
Officers arrived to find Sheila Donovan, 52, and Tyler Donovan, 22, dead.
They later found Todd Donovan, husband and father to the victims, passed out at the scene.
Police arrested Todd Donovan, and the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office charged him in the case. He has been jailed since on a $2 million bond.
A judge set his sentencing for 9 a.m. on July 21.
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