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Eugene

(61,964 posts)
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 12:01 PM Dec 2019

He was sexually abusing underage girls. Then, police said, one of them killed him.

Source: Washington Post

He was sexually abusing underage girls. Then, police said, one of them killed him.

Now Chrystul Kizer, who was 16 when she met Randy Volar, is accused of murdering her alleged sex trafficker. She faces life in prison.

By Jessica Contrera Dec. 17, 2019

KENOSHA, Wis. — Metal cuffs strained against her ankles as she shuffled down the courthouse hallway. She passed her mother, who had grown used to seeing her teen daughter in a jail uniform. She passed the activists, who saw her as a victim of child sex trafficking.

She entered the courtroom, where she was facing life in prison on charges of murdering her alleged sex trafficker.

“The court calls 18CF643,” said the judge at this November hearing. “State of Wisconsin versus Chrystul Kizer.”

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She wasn’t the only one — and in February 2018, police arrested Volar on charges including child sexual assault. But then, they released him without bail.

Volar, a white man, remained free for three months, even after police discovered evidence that he was abusing about a dozen underage black girls.

He remained free until Chrystul, then 17, went to his house one night in June and allegedly shot him in the head, twice. She lit his body on fire, police said, and fled in his car.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/local/child-sex-trafficking-murder/

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LakeArenal

(28,847 posts)
2. FREE CHRYSTUL KIZER.
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 12:07 PM
Dec 2019

Appeals to Ron Johnson will probably be ignored. But Tammy Baldwin should be approachable.

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
9. Being white would have increased the young woman's odds. . .
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 02:08 PM
Dec 2019

. . . of being dealt with sympathetically by law enforcement and the courts. The other pieces of the puzzle that affect the outcome are the trafficker's race and connections.

Lest we forget--White (presumably) Straight Males with money and the right friends are always on the top of the list to be protected because it's a "scary time" for men in America.


Poor dears.

elias7

(4,027 posts)
4. I think I could argue self-defense
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 12:22 PM
Dec 2019

If not for her then for those she protected. Why would a prosecutor prosecute this case? Hopefully this will plead to minimal.

Aristus

(66,467 posts)
5. "How DARE you kill your sexual abuser! HE WAS A GOOD SWIMMER!!!"
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 12:23 PM
Dec 2019

Come on; you know that's how it's going to go down...

FBaggins

(26,760 posts)
6. Sounds like self defense to me
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 12:23 PM
Dec 2019

I don't know all the fact of course... but, as presented, it seems pretty clear.

Might be a challenge to prove, since the same people who are prosecuting her are presumably the ones who need to help her prove that she was being trafficked and sexually assaulted by the "victim" of this "crime".

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
11. Welcome to Wississippi.
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 04:52 PM
Dec 2019

We've suffered through Scott Walker and his billionaire benefactors. And a Very gerrymandered legislature. And a stacked Supreme Court (5 - 2 Conservative) because of Thompson's 4-1/2 terms and Walker's 2 terms.

The state's motto should be "Ass Backward".

During the Walker regime, we were labeled (correctly) as the worst state for minority youth.

marble falls

(57,275 posts)
12. Funny how justice is so able to separate two crimes when a victim has to kill a abuser ...
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:45 PM
Dec 2019

by funny I mean pathetic and cruel.

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