Aug 28, 2023

Police ID body of Kan. woman found in car trunk after 911 call

Posted Aug 28, 2023 11:00 AM
Police on the scene of the investigation Saturday-photo courtesy KWCH
Police on the scene of the investigation Saturday-photo courtesy KWCH

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating the murder of a woman identified as 19-year-old Zaiylah Bronson from Wichita.

Just after 11a.m. Saturday, 911 dispatch in Sedgwick County received a call from a 911 operator from North Carolina reporting a possible homicide in the Wichita area, according to Officer Juan Rebolledo.

Lewis -photo Sedgwick Co.
Lewis -photo Sedgwick Co.

Based on the information given to the North Carolina 911 operator by a family member of the suspect, Wichita police officers were sent to two different locations, the 3900 block of E 17th Street North in Wichita and the 7600 block of E 21st Street N in Wichita.

Upon arrival at the 21st Street address, officers contacted 22-year-old Alexander Lewis and located Bronson's body of in the trunk of his vehicle. Officers pulled her body out of the trunk and provided life-saving measures until EMS arrived on the scene.

She was later pronounced deceased by EMS. Police arrested Lewis on requested charges of second-degree murder.

The investigators are still working to fully determine what led up to the fatal incident and how the woman died.