Jul 10, 2021

Kan. woman charged with murder in teenager's death

Posted Jul 10, 2021 1:00 AM
Butler photo Shawnee County
Butler photo Shawnee County

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 21-year-old Kansas woman is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a teenager. Shawnee County authorities charged Daisha Butler of Topeka on Thursday in the death of 17-year-old Nevaeh Martinez.

She was shot July 3 outside a Topeka home, and died the next day after being taken off life support. Butler is being held on $1 million bond.

The victim's mother, Tiana Cannon, told KSNT that her daughter didn't know Butler and was an innocent bystander in the shooting.