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Convicted Child Killer Sentenced To Life

By Brian Hagen

11/22/2016

File Booking Photo of Marcus McGowan

(KAIR)--Life in prison.

That's the sentence handed down Tuesday in Federal Court for the Atchison man accused of the death of his then girlfriend's daughter following a pursuit with police.

5-year-old Cadence Harris died as the result of a shootout between Marcas McGowan and police on Leavenworth's Metropolitan Avenue.

In May, McGowan entered a guilty plea to the federal charges of one count of kidnapping resulting in death and one count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. In the plea, he admitted that on July 18th, 2014, he shot and killed the girl after he kidnapped her and exchanged gunfire with police when his vehicle became ensnared in road construction.

According to online court documents, U.S. District Judge Julie A. Robinson sentenced McGowan to life in prison on the count of kidnapping and ten-years behind bars to the count involving the use of the firearm. The sentences will run consecutively.

Harris was shot to death following a high-speed pursuit that began in Atchison, crossed into Missouri, and ended in Leavenworth. Authorities say it stemmed from a domestic dispute between McGowan and his girlfriend at her Atchison residence. Threatening her with a gun, prosecutors say McGowan drove off with her daughter as police arrived.

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