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Police identify Kan. woman, boyfriend in fatal stabbing

SEDGWICK COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a murder, have made an arrest and on Wednesday identified the victim.

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Just before 2a.m. Tuesday, police responded to an apartment complex in the 1900 Block of North Amidon after a 25-year-old man called 911 to report harming his 22-year-old girlfriend Mackenzie Payne, according to officer Charley Davidson.

Upon arrival, officers located the caller. He was armed with a knife and taken into custody.

He has been identified as Dylan Leigh Barber, according to Sedgwick County Booking records. He is being held on requested charges of First-Degree murder, according to Davidson.

Officers also located the Payne inside the apartment. She had multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Davidson.

The incident marks the third domestic violence homicide in Wichita this year. There were eight reported in 2018, according to Davidson.

Barber has a previous burglary conviction, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

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