KEY POINTS

  • The Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office has charged 25-year-old Daniel Oswaldo Lopez with capital murder for the deaths of Mickayla Sorell and Natalya Sorell
  • Lopez will also facecriminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and aggravated assault
  • The bodies of Mickayla and Natalya were discovered after authorities conducted a welfare check when Mickayla's co-workers reported she hadn't turned up for work
  • Lopez faced prior convictions for drug possession, forgery, theft and gun possession

The man authorities believed to be a “person of interest” in the deaths of his girlfriend and her daughter last week, has been charged with capital murder.

25-year-old Daniel Oswaldo Lopez will also face criminal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and aggravated assault for killing 24-year-old Mickayla Sorell and her daughter, 8-year-old Natalya Sorell.

The Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office charged Lopez, said Kake News, citing a news release from the Wichita Police Department.

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A mistrial was declared by the judge assigned to the murder case of a Queens jogger after the jury was unable to come up with a verdict for the suspect after a day and half of deliberation. In this photo, a view from behind the witness stand is seen looking toward the gallery in Courtroom #8 at the Superior Court of California courthouse in Santa Maria, California, Jan. 30, 2005. Getty Images/ Spencer Weiner-Pool

Lopez is still out in the public, and police are urging anyone with information leading to his arrest to call 911.

The bodies of Mickayla and Natalya were discovered after the latter's co-workers reported that she hadn't turned up for work, said ABC News.

Authorities then did a welfare check at a home in the 4500 block of South Walnut, near 45th and Seneca where they found the victims. Wichita Police Department Captain Jason Stephens believed the women were shot and killed late Saturday.

Initial investigation pointed Lopez, who is also the biological father of Natalya, as a “person of interest” and should be considered “armed and dangerous,” said Oxygen.

Lopez faced prior convictions for drug possession, forgery, theft and gun possession, added the outlet, citing Kansas Department of Corrections records.

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