Chrystul Kizer, the Milwaukee woman who shot and killed a man she claimed sexually trafficked her as a teenager, was on Monday sentenced to 11 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to the crime.
According to NBC News, Kizer, who will serve her sentence in a Wisconsin state prison, was convicted after she pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide. The 24-year-old is also required to complete five years of supervised release after serving her time in prison, provide a sample of her DNA, and attend a restitution hearing.
Kizer’s decision to plead guilty prevented her case from going to a trial that could have seen her being handed a life sentence if convicted. As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, Kizer was 17 when she fatally shot Randall Volar, 34, in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2018. She subsequently burned Volar’s body and his house before making away with his BMW vehicle, authorities said.
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Kizer initially faced a first-degree intentional homicide charge, but she claimed her actions were legally justified because the deceased victim was sexually trafficking her. Kizer and Volar met when she was 16 and she claimed he sexually abused her several times. Authorities also said a case was being worked on against Volar before his death – though they also stated that Kizer did not provide any hint to indicate Volar was sexually trafficking her at the time she killed him, NBC News reported.
In the wake of the fatal incident, Kizer told The Washington Post that she made her way to Volar’s home on June 4, 2018, adding that she was in possession of a gun at the time. She said her boyfriend had given her the firearm for protection.
Kizer said that she and Volar agreed to watch a movie when she got to his home, and the deceased victim also gave her a drug. She said Volar later started touching her and attempted to have sex with her, but she refused – leading to them getting into an altercation.
She also claimed she ultimately opened fire on Volar after he restrained her. “I just thought that I didn’t want to do that stuff anymore because I was trying to change,” Kizer claimed.
But Kenosha District Attorney Michael D. Graveley claimed Kizer’s actions were premeditated as she intended to steal Volar’s car, WTMJ reported.
“I guess on some level I’m happy, but you know what I want to have happen is for people who are related to Mr. Volar and the people who care about Chrystul Kizer to all get closure at this point,” Graveley said after Kizer was sentenced.
