Man from Dayton, Ohio, who shot dead his 15-year-old daughter and tried to blame it on his non-verbal autistic stepson, has been indicted

Kendra Mae Farler, 15, was shot in the chest and killed at home in Dayton, Ohio, on April 14

Kenneth Paul Farler III, 38, was indicted Monday on multiple counts including involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, endangering children and having weapons while under disability

Farler and his wife initially told police his 15-year-old non-verbal autistic stepson accidentally shot the sister

Kenneth Farler is a career criminal who records shows 40 priors, dating back 20 years, police said

He was on probation at the time of the shooting, having been convicted of trafficking cocaine less than a month prior

The victim’s stepmother, Jennifer Slorp, who is cooperating with investigators has not been charged

Kenneth Paul Kenneth Paul Farler [photo] was indicted for the murder of his 15-year-old daughter. Kendra Farler was shot and killed on April 14. He then mislead police, claiming Kendra was shot, accidentally, by his 15-year-old non-verbal autistic stepson

A drug-dealing dad with an extensive criminal history has been indicted for killing his teenager daughter then trying to blame her death on his autistic stepson.
Kenneth Paul Farler III, 38, was indicted by an Ohio grand jury on Monday in connection to the fatal shooting of his 15-year-old daughter on April 14.
Dayton police were called to the 400 block of Bowen Street around 12 p.m. where they found Kendra Farler with a shotgun wound to the chest.
The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene. Farler and his wife, Jennifer Slorp, both told police his 15-year-old autistic, non-verbal stepson had accidentally shot Kendra. The couple shared 5 children in their blended family. Slorp is not Kendra’s mother. Kenneth Farler shared his teen daughter with his deceased late wife.

Kendra Farler [photo], 15, was shot and killed on April 14 allegedly by her father who then conspired with her step-mom to mislead police. The couple told investigators Kendra was shot accidentally by her 15-year-old non-verbal autistic stepbrother

‘This defendant should never be allowed anywhere near a firearm and deserves to be in prison. A completely innocent 15‐year‐old girl has lost her life at the hands of her father,’ Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck said.
‘This defendant was on probation at the time of the shooting, having been convicted of trafficking in cocaine less than a month ago. He has been arrested approximately 40 times over the past 20 years and has previously been sentenced to the penitentiary.’
Farler was indicted on multiple counts including involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, endangering children and having weapons while under disability.
He is being held at the Montgomery County Jail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday. 

Police were called to the 400 block of Bowen Street around 12 p.m. where they found Kendra with a shotgun wound to the chest

‘To say it was a tragedy is an understatement. I don’t know how I could paint the picture for you, but you have a father living in a boarding house which is very small, actually in a room, where this murder occurred, along with three other children and the mother,’ Major Brian Johns of Dayton PD said at a press conference. 
Johns said both the father and Kendra’s stepmother told police she had been shot by the sibling, but those statements proved to be false.
‘We have great investigators here at Dayton Police Department, and they knew right away that those stories weren’t consistent. And upon further questioning, got an admission to the crime,’ said Johns.

Kendra’s father and stepmother told police she had been shot by one of her siblings, but those statements proved to be false, cops said. Her life has been described as ‘a testament to the power of love and family,’ whose ‘absence leaves a void that can never be filled’

Kenneth Farler III, [photo], has been described as a career criminal with 40 arrested in the past 20 years. He was on probation at the time of the shooting after his conviction for cocaine trafficking less than a month prior

‘Even our victim was asking him to not point a shotgun at her prior to her death, so that’s not an accident.’
The teen’s stepmother has not been charged and is cooperating with the investigation.
Kendra’s funeral was held on Monday and her family described her as ‘our shining little star, who left us too soon’ in her obituary.