SEDGWICK COUNTY —A friend has established an online fundraiser to help the family of 19-year-old Zaiylah Bronson from Wichita who was the victim of domestic violence over the weekend.
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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.
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. He is expected to make a first court appearance later this week.