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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Mexican national charged with killing a Kansas mother and kidnapping the victim's newborn daughter was ordered Thursday to stand trial.

A Sedgwick County judge heard two hours of testimony before ordering Yesenia Sesmas, 34, to face trial on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and aggravated interference with parental custody. The judge entered a plea of not guilty on Sesmas' behalf.

Prosecutors allege Sesmas fatally shot 27-year-old Laura Abarca of Wichita in November and abducted Abarca's 6-day-old newborn. Sesmas and the baby were found two days later at a Dall...