Homicide 10.06.21

MEDIA RELEASE                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE:                                                OCTOBER 7, 2021

AGENCY:                                          SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

LOCATION:                                       WICHITA/SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS

TELEPHONE:                                   (316) 660-3880

CONTACT:                                        LIEUTENANT BENJAMIN BLICK

      

Shortly after 11:00 AM on October 6, 2021, deputies were dispatched to a welfare check in the 15300 block of west US-54 highway. Deputies received information that the subject of the welfare check, Denyce Briet (67), had suffered a medical emergency recently. After receiving no answer at the door or by phone and checking local hospitals, the decision was made to force entry to the home. Inside deputies located Denyce Briet with obvious signs of trauma to her body. She was pronounced deceased at 11:46 AM.

 

During the investigation, detectives established probable cause to arrest Kyle L. Romey (42) for murder in the first degree.

 

Kyle Romey is Denyce Briet’s son.

 

The case remains active and under investigation

 

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