Current:Home > BackHomeless 25-year-old Topeka man arrested in rape and killing of 5-year-old girl-LoTradeCoin
Homeless 25-year-old Topeka man arrested in rape and killing of 5-year-old girl
View Date:2024-12-24 08:56:28
A homeless Kansas man has been arrested in the rape and killing of a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Tuesday.
Officers responded just before 6 p.m. Monday to a medical call at a Topeka gas station and found a fire crew attempting to save Zoey Felix, police said in a news release. She was rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead.
Investigators identified a 25-year-old man as a suspect and booked him into jail Tuesday morning on suspicion of first-degree murder and rape. His bond is set at $2 million and no attorney is listed for him, said Timothy Phelps, deputy director of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections.
No formal charges were immediately filed, court records show.
The news release said that the man was known to Zoey, but police spokesperson Rosie Nichols said she couldn’t provide additional details on how.
She also declined to release information on the girl’s cause of death.
veryGood! (24771)
Related
- Cowboys owner Jerry Jones responds to CeeDee Lamb's excuse about curtains at AT&T Stadium
- Reveal Old Navy’s Mystery Deals & Save 60% – Score $18 Jeans, $4 Tank Tops, $10 Leggings & More
- Sex Lives of College Girls' Pauline Chalamet Gives Birth, Welcomes First Baby
- Fed Chair Powell says the US economy is in ‘solid shape’ with more rate cuts coming
- A wayward sea turtle wound up in the Netherlands. A rescue brought it thousands of miles back home
- Cardi B Reveals How She Found Out She Was Pregnant With Baby No. 3
- North Carolina town bands together after Helene wreaked havoc: 'That's what we do'
- Sex Lives of College Girls' Pauline Chalamet Gives Birth, Welcomes First Baby
- Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation
- Kendra Wilkinson Teases Return to Reality TV Nearly 2 Decades After Girls Next Door
Ranking
- Trump announces Tom Homan, former director of immigration enforcement, will serve as ‘border czar’
- Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis
- Sex Lives of College Girls' Pauline Chalamet Gives Birth, Welcomes First Baby
- Chiefs WR trade options: Could Rashee Rice's injury prompt look at replacements?
- Nearly 80,000 pounds of Costco butter recalled for missing 'Contains Milk statement': FDA
- Gwyneth Paltrow Celebrates 6th Wedding Anniversary to Brad Falchuk With PDA Photo
- Anna Delvey Claims Dancing With the Stars Was Exploitative and Predatory
- A sheriff is being retried on an assault charge for kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin
Recommendation
-
Disney Store's Black Friday Sale Just Started: Save an Extra 20% When You Shop Early
-
Many small businesses teeter as costs stay high while sales drop
-
Is 'The Simpsons' ending? Why the show aired its 'series finale' Sunday
-
How to get your share of Oracle's $115 million class-action settlement; deadline is coming
-
New Mexico secretary of state says she’s experiencing harassment after the election
-
San Diego Padres back in MLB playoffs after 'selfishness' doomed last season's flop
-
Here’s how Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South
-
Murder in a Small Town’s Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk Detail “Thrilling” New Series