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Man convicted of killing and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old child

Man convicted of killing and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old child

Inset, top to bottom: Mickel Cherry (Shawnee County Jail) and Zoey Felix (WIBW). Background: Police at the scene where Cherry killed Zoey (WIBW).

Inset, top to bottom: Mickel Cherry (Shawnee County Jail) and Zoey Felix (WIBW). Background: Police at the scene where Cherry killed Zoey (WIBW).

A young man of 26 years in Kansas will spend decades behind bars for sexual assault and murder the 5-year-old girl last year in a makeshift homeless camp while the child’s father was at work across the street. Mickel Cherry appeared in court Friday, where he pleaded guilty to a first-degree charge. crime and a rape charge in connection with the slaying of young Zoey Felix, records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

That previously reported by Law&Crime, Cherry was initially charged with capital murder. Prosecutors with the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office dropped the charge in exchange for his guilty plea.