Dec 06, 2019

5th suspect jailed in connection with murder, kidnapping robbery

Posted Dec 06, 2019 1:00 AM

Brown photo Sedgwick County


SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have a third suspect in custody.

Just after 7:30 a.m., on November 27, a passerby found a man identified as Christian Osvaldo Hernandez, 30, Wichita, lying next to the road in the 12000 block of east 45th Street North, according to Lt. Tim Myers.


Responding deputies noticed a gunshot to the Hernandez body and he was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

Authorities asked for assistance and were able to locate the white vehicle in the case.


On Wednesday, authorities reported 40-year-old Dustyn Joe Brown was in custody in connection with the case. He is being held on a $150,000 bond on requested charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping and and criminal possession of a fire, according to the Sedgwick County booking report.


Whitney Dukes, 28, arrested in connection with the case Tuesday is set for release, according to online jail records.

Armstrong -photo Sedgwick County

On Monday, authorities reported the arrest of Thomas Ray Armstrong, 33, and Efrain Daniel Arroyo II, both of Wichita for Aggravated Kidnapping Aggravated Robbery, and Murder in the First Degree, according to Myers. They are being held on a bond of $500,000, according to online jail records. Arroyo made his first appearance in the case Wednesday, according to the Sedgwick County Attorney's office.



Efrain Daniel Arroyo II-photo Sedgwick County.