一 | TOPEKA, Kan. -- Child welfare officials investigated the family of a 5-year-old Kansas girl five times in the 13 months before she was raped and killed, but couldn't confirm allegations of neglect or drug use by her mother, and the family repeatedly declined offers of help, a report released Tuesday showed. The report by the state Department of Children and Families said in one case, the agency confirmed that the mother wasn't properly supervising Zoey Felix, but the girl was placed with her father and because of that, “No safety concerns were identified.” After receiving allegations in late August of drug use and lack of utilities in the home, child welfare officials made seven failed attempts to reach the family over the next month.On Oct. 2, Zoey died after fire crews couldn't resuscitate her at a gas station. Neighbors believe Zoey and her father had been camping in a grove of trees on a vacant lot nearby. Mickel Cherry, a 25-year-old homeless man, is charged with first-degree murder, rape and capital murder, and could face the death penalty. Authorities haven't said how Zoey died. “Zoey Felix’s death was an unacceptable tragedy," Gov. Laura Kelly said in a statement accompanying the Department of Children and Families' two-page summary of its interactions with the girl's family. Kelly said she plans to push for legislation next year that would expedite the release of information when a child dies of abuse or neglect. Her administration pushed for such a change in 2021, but a bill never passed. Currently, DCF only releases a summary of its involvement initially and can't do so until attorneys vet the document. Typically, the full case reports aren’t released until after the prosecution is completed, which can take well over a year.This has left an information vacuum in Zoey's case that was exacerbated Tuesday when a judge sealed the arrest affidavit that was used to support criminal charges against Cherry. Judge Christopher Turner concluded that releasing the records would jeopardize the safety of witnesses or sources or “cause the destruction of evidence.”Cherry’s attorney, Mark Manna, of the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, has declined to comment. Cherry’s family didn’t respond to phone messages, and his Facebook friends described him as chronically homeless. Neighbors said Zoey wandered their neighborhood dirty and hungry. Several reported calling child welfare to express concerns. According to the summary from DCF, child welfare officials said they received the first tip about Zoey on Sept. 8, 2022, alleging poor conditions in the home and possible drug use in the presence of a child. The mother agreed to a drug screen and it came back negative, the agency said. The agency also said in its summary that Zoey's mother was working with court services. By then, she had been charged with domestic battery against her husband and teenage daughter, court records show. The DCF summary said the agency offered help to the family, but they declined and the case was closed. Another complaint alleging an unsupervised child was lodged with the agency on Nov. 8, 2002. Just six days earlier, Zoey's mother had called to report that the then 4-year-old was missing, a police incident report shows. Zoey was found unharmed a short time later.The DCF summary made no reference to Zoey's disappearance, and it was unclear whether that prompted the complaint. The summary said simply that the case was unsubstantiated and offers of help were denied. Later that month, Zoey's mother was arrested after crashing her car near a north Topeka bar while driving drunk with Zoey in the front seat. A sworn statement from a Topeka police officer, which also was released Tuesday, said the mother was “having difficulty standing upright, attempting to walk away with a small child.” He also wrote that in looking into her car, he saw two open bottles of vodka, one half-full and the other, three-quarters full. The officer said that in interviews, Zoey said her mother had been drinking from both bottles before and while driving.The officer wrote that the mother was uncooperative and, “She was taken to the ground in order to be handcuffed.”The DCF summary said welfare workers left Zoey in her father’s care; court records show he was living with a girlfriend at the time. Zoey's mother was jailed until March, when she pleaded guilty to felony aggravated battery and driving under the influence and was sentenced to probation. Zoey's father was evicted from his apartment in May. Another tip the agency received that month alleged there were no operating utilities in the mother's home, but the agency found the home to be “livable," with utilities, food and no signs of drugs. Again, the family declined services. Then on Aug. 29, another complaint alleged drug use and no utilities, prompting the seven failed attempts by the agency to contact the family in September. But during that time, police went to the home twice, once even tracking down Zoey and talking to her. But officers were told by Zoey’s father that she wasn’t living there, city spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker said. The second time police responded, an officer stood outside as belongings were retrieved from the house, a police report said. Police reports do not explain where Zoey, her sister, her father and Cherry went after that, but neighbors said they were living in a makeshift camp.Laura Howard, the top administrator for the Department for Children and Families, vowed to launch a thorough investigation.“We will take every step necessary," she wrote in a statement. DCF opened another investigation as a result of Zoey’s death.。
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三 | 韩国国会政务委员会所属议员申东旭24日从金融监督院和银行方面取得的资料显示，IBK中国分行法人沈钟勋（SIM JONG HOON）与非银行金融机构A公司签署协议，向借款人发放非面对面贷款。
四 | 根据协议，A公司委托线上贷款平台B公司负责借款人招募及本息回收等具体操作；贷款资金由企业银行提供，借款人偿还的本息则先归集至B公司指定账户，再由企业银行定期结算划转。然而，B公司在运营过程中擅自变更还款路径，将本应转入企业银行的借款人还款资金挪作他用，并伪造电子交易数据，制造还款正常的假象。由于资金被截留，借款人被系统标记为逾期，信用记录受损，企业银行亦未能如期收回贷款本息。
五 | 银行方面在回应议员室质询时表示，他们每天都在核对本息偿还明细与实际入账金额。然而，银行方面又称，实际是在今年6月24日因结算款未到账且借款人投诉增多后才首次意识到问题，这一说法前后矛盾，令其内控的有效性备受质疑。值得注意的是，早在今年3至4月间，已有5家中国金融机构先后中止了与B公司的业务合作，但企业银行未能及时捕捉这些风险信号，错失了早期预警时机。
六 | 申东旭还指出，韩国监管当局的应对也颇为消极。
七 | 据报道，韩国金融监督院在接到事故报告后，仅进行了内部报告、传播事故案例、确认事故金额变动等工作，并未对企业银行相关人员进行面对面确认、要求补充提交资料，或启动书面调查和现场检查。
八 | 金融监督院表示，计划在损失金额补偿等事故处理结束后，待企业银行提交结案报告时，再对事故处理的妥当性进行检查。申东旭表示：“企业银行一边直接发放贷款，一边却将本息回收交给外部平台，等到800亿韩元级事故爆发后才建立直接还款系统。除了法人内控松懈，金融监督院只会等待结案报告，其事后监管也是严重的问题。”IBK企业银行已于上月15日正式对外披露此次金融事故，初步估算涉案规模为833.76亿韩元。
九 | 截至目前，银行尚未公布最终的涉案总额、已追回款项及预期损失等具体数据，相关核算工作仍在进行中。
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