Chrystul Kizer, The Woman Charged With Killing Abuser, Arrested In Louisiana

Chrystul Kizer, who is accused of killing a man who sexually assaulted her when she was 17 years old, was arrested in Louisiana after spending nearly two weeks on the run.

The 23-year-old woman was taken into custody on Monday. She is currently being held in Lafayette Parish Correctional Center, records show.

Kizer was free on a $400,000 bond as she awaited trial for the 2018 killing of Randall Volar III, 34. Volar was under investigation for sexual misconduct with underage girls at the time of his death.

One condition of Kizer’s bond was that she did not commit any crimes. She was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct after being involved in an incident at a Milwaukee home where the 23-year-old woman called police and accused a man of trying to rape her. When police arrived on the scene, she was seen lunging at a man. The alleged victim, who was not named, is listed as a non-compliant sex offender, Fox 6 Milwaukee reported. Prosecutors in Kenosha County charged the woman with jumping bail following the incident.

Kizer’s trial for Volar’s homicide is scheduled for June 10, 2024. According to court documents, police have seized video evidence of Valor sexually abusing Kizer and other Black girls, Kenosha News reported. The then-17-year-old admitted to shooting her abuser with a .38 caliber pistol and then burning his house down. She told police that she met Volar when she was 16, and he began sexually abusing her and prostituting her to other men.

Kizer’s case received international media attention and garnered the support of activists who helped raise the $400,000 bond.

Kizer’s story drew comparisons to Cyntioa Brown, who was also convicted of killing the man who trafficked and sexually assaulted her. Brown was initially sentenced to life in prison but was released from prison after then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted her clemency.