Milwaukee Woman Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison for Killing Alleged Sex Trafficker

Chrystul Kizer has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for killing the man who allegedly sex trafficked her as a teenager.

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Kizer,24, received the sentencing on Monday after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in the 2018 shooting of 34-year-old Randall Volar. She was 17 at the time of the killing and argued that she acted in self-defense and should be immune from prosecution. According to the BBC, Volar had been sexually abusing Kizer for more than a year before his death, recording the acts on video. Kizer said she met Volar when she was 16, and he gave her money and gifts and sold her to other men for sex.

An investigation by the Washington Post revealed that he had been abusing multiple Black girls, including Kizer, many who were presumably underage. Four months before his death, Volar was arrested on charges of sexual assault but was released the same day. In June 2018, Kizer traveled from Milwaukee to Volar’s home in Kenosha, where she shot him twice in the head, set his house on fire, and took his car. Prosecutors argued that the killing was premeditated and part of a plan to steal Volar’s car.

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However, her lawyers have maintained that she acted in self-defense after enduring years of abuse. Kizer’s case gained national attention from activists due to the challenges sex trafficking victims face in the legal system. In 2022, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Kizer could use an affirmative defense in her case, allowing her to present evidence of her abuse at the time of the crime.

Despite the ruling, Kizer ultimately chose to accept a plea deal to avoid the possibility of a life sentence at trial.