The Kansas man accused of strangling his pregnant girlfriend before dumping her lifeless body in the trunk of his car sought “neck snapping” and abortion tactics before carrying out the brutal murder.
Alleged killer Alexander Lewis’ cellphone web browsing history also included searches for firearms, deadly weapons and murder, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Witchita Eagle.
Lewis was charged last month with first degree murder in the death of Zaiylah Bronson, a 19-year-old Wichita State University student who was studying to become a math teacher. She is 16 weeks pregnant.
Investigators allege Lewis began his frenzied internet search on August 25, the night before killing Bronson in his apartment.
The couple, who had been dating since January, had spent the night fighting, prompting Lewish to browse information on “stun guns, lethal weapons, and ‘weapons that can kill,'” the document said.
Bronson was last seen alive on surveillance footage at 8:13 a.m. the next morning when the couple took a dog out into the yard — at which point Lewis searched for “neck snap,” “hold strangle,” some for abortion and others— another for murder, the affidavit said.
The couple, who have been dating since January, had spent the night fighting, prompting Lewish to browse information on “stun guns, lethal weapons, and ‘weapons capable of killing'”, the document states.Facebook/Zaiylah Bronson
Lewis then returned with a blanket-wrapped package with dangling legs, which he threw into his trunk, before driving out of the complex, according to documents. Facebook/Zaiylah Bronson
He allegedly continued the uncontrolled search just two hours later.
Lewis was seen on video at 10:15 a.m. leaving the apartment alone to move his parked car closer to Bronson’s door after grabbing a backpack filled with duct tape, bottled water, clothes, a flashlight, towels and trash bags, police said.
He then returned with a blanket-wrapped bundle with legs dangling out, which he threw into his trunk, before driving out of the complex, according to documents.
Lewis wasn’t free for long, however – police turned up at his nearby apartment after family members found the teenager’s body in the trunk, along with an ax and shovel.
Investigators allege Lewis began his frenzied internet search on August 25, the night before killing Bronson in his apartment. KAKE news
He allegedly told police the body of his pregnant girlfriend was in his luggage.
“I was terrified. I was in his place; I didn’t know what to do,” the affidavit said.
Lewis claims Bronson broke up with her during the night they argued and spent time talking “on the phone with another guy.”
“He wanted her to stop talking so he ‘grabbed her'” by the neck with his arm and squeezed “until she stopped moving,” the affidavit said.
Lewis wasn’t free for long, however — police showed up at his nearby apartment after family members found the teenager’s body in a trunk, along with an ax and shovel. KAKE news
She told police she panicked and checked her vital signs before wrapping her body in a blanket she took from her bed, the affidavit said she told police.
Lewis faces charges of second-degree murder and is being held in the Sedgwick County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
The Bronson family said there was no indication their loved one would be a victim of domestic violence.
The student is excited to give birth to a baby boy and can’t wait to start her second year at WSU, her mother said.
The case has raised concerns about a spike in domestic violence in the city, with the Wichita Family Crisis Center stating that it has seen a 60% increase in women seeking protection from their abusers over the past year.
The most recent data available from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation shows that of the 22,596 domestic violence incidents reported in 2021, more than 25% occurred in Sedgwick County.
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