BUTLER COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a weekend homicide have identified the victim as 81-year-old Marlyn Valeta Harvey of Andover, according to Police Captain Ben Graber.
Just before 4p.m. Sunday, police responded to the report of an assault at the Summerfield Senior Residences, 420 Lioba Drive.
EMS transported Harvey to an area hospital where she died.
Investigators learned Harvey had picked up her 23-year-old great-grandson Tristan Weir who was released from jail and brought him to her apartment
Police located him driving the victim's car in Wichita and attempted a traffic stop. He ran from officers but was eventually arrested and remains hospitalized, according to Graber.
On February 27, Weir was jailed on requested charges of aggravated battery, according to the Sedgwick County booking report.