Kansas man searched ‘snapping necks’ earlier than strangling pregnant girlfriend: affidavit

The Kansas man accused of strangling his pregnant girlfriend earlier than throwing her lifeless physique within the trunk of his automobile looked for “snapping necks” and abortion techniques earlier than finishing up the vicious homicide.

Alleged killer Alexander Lewis’ cellphone net shopping historical past additionally included searches about stun weapons, deadly weapons and homicide, in accordance with a possible trigger affidavit obtained by The Witchita Eagle.

Lewis was charged final month with capital homicide within the loss of life of Zaiylah Bronson, a 19-year-old Wichita State College pupil who was learning to change into a math instructor. She was 16 weeks pregnant.

Investigators declare Lewis began his demented web searches on Aug. 25, the night time earlier than killing Bronson in her condominium.

The couple, who had been courting since January, had spent the night time preventing, prompting Lewish to browse for data concerning “stun weapons, deadly weapons, and ‘weapons that may kill,’” the paperwork state.

Bronson was final recorded alive on surveillance footage at 8:13 a.m. the subsequent morning when the couple took a canine out to the courtyard — throughout which era Lewis made searches for “snapping necks,” “choke maintain,” a number of for abortion and others for homicide, the affidavit says.

He allegedly adopted by on the deranged searches simply two hours later.

Lewis was seen on video at 10:15 a.m. leaving the condominium alone to maneuver his parked automobile nearer to Bronson’s door after retrieving a backpack stuffed with duct tape, bottled water, garments, flashlights, towels and trash luggage, police mentioned.

He then returned lugging a blanket-wrapped bundle with toes dangling out, which he dumped in his trunk, earlier than driving out of the advanced, in accordance with the paperwork.

Lewis wasn’t free for lengthy, nevertheless — police confirmed up at his close by condominium after a member of the family found {the teenager}’s physique within the trunk, together with an ax and a shovel.

He allegedly advised police his pregnant girlfriend’s physique was in his trunk.

“I obtained scared. I used to be over at her place; I didn’t know what to do,” the affidavit says.

Lewis claims Bronson broke up with him throughout their night time of arguing and hung out speaking “on the telephone with one other male.”

“He wished her to cease speaking so he ‘grabbed her’” across the neck along with his arm and squeezed “till she stopped transferring,” the affidavit says.

He advised police he panicked and checked for very important indicators earlier than wrapping her physique in a blanket he took from her mattress, the affidavit says he advised police.

Lewis faces second-degree homicide prices and is being held on the Sedgwick County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

Bronson’s household mentioned there was no indication their cherished one would change into a sufferer of home violence.

The coed was excited to present delivery to a child boy and was trying ahead to beginning her second 12 months at WSU, her mom mentioned.

The case has raised considerations over the surge of home violence within the metropolis, with the Wichita Household Disaster Middle noting that it has seen a 60% improve in ladies searching for shelter from their abusers over the previous 12 months.

The newest out there information from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation exhibits that of the 22,596 home violence incidents reported in 2021, greater than 25% occurred in Sedgwick County.