A man who lived in a makeshift camp with a homeless 5-year-old Kansas girl and her father has pleaded guilty to rape and first-degree murder in connection with the child’s death.

TOPEKA, Kan. A freshman Kansas congressman who had listed a UPS Inc. store as his residence on a voter registration was charged Tuesday with three felonies, including illegal voting. Those felony charges were filed in state district court in Shawnee County, which includes Watkins' hometown of Topeka. Watkins called the charges hyper-partisan because of the timing and said he's done nothing wrong. Watkins filed a voter registration form in late August 2019 on which we listed a postal box at a UPS store in southwest Topeka. Watkins later listed the address for an apartment complex about 2 miles north of the UPS store as his residence, then corrected his voter registration form in mid-January to list an apartment number.