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Kansas Defense Attorney Says State’s Child Protection System Failed Murdered 5-Year-Old Girl

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A Kansas public defender outlines the history of abuse and neglect that damaged a confessed murderer and led to the death of a 5-year-old girl in Topeka.

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Kansas defense attorney says state's child protection system failed murdered 5-year-old girl • Kansas Reflector

Mickel Cherry, who entered a guilty plea to murdering Zoey Felix, 5, is scheduled to be sentenced next week in Shawnee County District Court. His attorney argues Cherry and Felix fell through the cracks of state foster care and court systems designed to protect them. The image is of a 2023 candlelight vigil in Topeka honoring child victims of homicide. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — An attorney representing Mickel Cherry in the rape and mu…

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Kansas defense attorney says state’s child protection system failed murdered 5-year-old girl

TOPEKA — An attorney representing Mickel Cherry in the rape and murder of a 5-year-old Topeka girl asserted in a court document Friday that Kansas’ child we

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LJ World broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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