Man pleads guilty to lesser charge in overdose death of 15-year-old girl

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A man accused in the overdose death of a 15-year-old girl entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge.

Niklas Wiley pleaded guilty Wednesday to distribution of a controlled substance causing death and aggravated child endangerment.

Kennedy Herren, 15, was found dead in September from a drug overdose.

The charge of first-degree murder was dropped.

Wiley also pleaded guilty Wednesday to indecent liberties with a child and criminal sodomy in a separate case.

Sentencing is scheduled for August.