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Zoey Felix was raped and killed earlier this month in Topeka, Kansas TOPEKA, Kan. -- Zoey Felix's short life was filled with turbulence. Before the 5-year-old Topeka girl was raped and killed, worried neighbors say they saw her wandering, dirty and hungry. Police were called to her home dozens of times. Teachers raised alarms when she missed preschool. Records show both parents alleged abuse. Zoey's mom was jailed for a drunken car crash with Zoey in the front seat. State welfare officials were notified. In September, Zoey and her father moved out, and neighbors believe they began camping in a nearby vacant lot. Weeks later, Zoey was killed and Mickel Cherry, a 2 5-year- old homeless man, was charged in her death. Public anger over Zoey's Oct. 2 death has focused on her parents. But child advocates are asking why police and Kansas' embattled Department for Children and Families left her in a dangerous environment. “Our society’s collective failure to support and prot...

Zoey Felix was raped and killed earlier this month in Topeka, Kansas TOPEKA, Kan. -- Zoey Felix's short life was filled with turbulence. Before the 5-year- old Topeka girl was raped and killed, worried neighbors say they saw her wandering, dirty and hungry. Police were called to her home dozens of times. Teachers raised alarms when she missed preschool. Both parents alleged abuse. Zoey's mom was jailed for a drunken car crash with Zoey in the front seat. State welfare officials were notified. In September, Zoey and her father moved out, and neighbors believe they began camping in a nearby vacant lot. Weeks later, Zoey was killed — efforts to save her in a gas station parking lot were unsuccessful — and Mickel Cherry, a 25-year-old homeless man, was charged in her death. Public anger over Zoey's Oct. 2 death has focused on her parents. But child advocates are asking why police and the state’s embattled Department for Children and Families left the bubbly and curious girl ...

A 1-year-old boy was allegedly fatally shot by his 5-year-old sibling at an apartment in Lafayette, Indiana, on Tuesday, police said. A 1 -year- old boy was allegedly fatally shot by his 5 -year- old sibling at an apartment in Indiana, police said. Police received a report of a shooting at an apartment complex in Lafayette around 3 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Police respond to a shooting at the Romney Meadows apartment complex in Lafayette, Indiana, March 28, 2023. WRTV MORE: 3-year-old boy fatally shoots himself with handgun left in nightstand Responding officers found the 1 -year- old dead from a gunshot wound at the residence, police said. "Detectives with the Lafayette Police Department determined that the child was shot by his five-year-old sibling, who was able to gain access to a weapon in the apartment," the Lafayette Police Department said in a statement. The weapon was a handgun, according to police. Police respond to a shooting at the Romney Meadows apartment c...