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
FILE - A memorial along a sidewalk along a vacant, wooded lot honors 5-year-old murder victim Zoey Felix, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in Topeka, Kan.
“A little girl’s life has been taken,” she told reporters. “Whatever he gets, it won’t bring her back” Cherry was involved with Felix's family before he was living with them in the makeshift homeless encampment. But ahead of Friday's court hearing, authorities had not said why he was involved with Felix's family, when he'd met the girl and her parents and how much contact he'd had with them.
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