KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Johnson County judge ruled Wednesday there is enough evidence to try Nicholas Ecker for the murder of his infant son in a fire Ecker allegedly set.
Ecker is accused of first degree murder and aggravated arson in the Feb. 13 blaze set in a house in the 10500 block of West 69th Street in Shawnee.
He's also charged in Johnson County Court with firearm possession by a felon.
The child was left alone in the house by his mother, Karlie Phelps.
Phelps is charged in Johnson County Court with involuntary manslaughter and endangering a child.
Court records state Phelps, 28, is set for a plea hearing Aug. 18.
Ecker is back in court Sept. 21 for a scheduling conference.
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