SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a stabbing and after asking the public for help to identify a suspect made an arrest.
Just after 11:30p.m. Monday police booked 27-year-old Jeffrey Elam into the Sedgwick County Jail on requested charges that include drug possession, failure to to comply and in connection with the stabbing, according to online jail records.
Just after midnight Monday, police responded to reports of a stabbing in the 100 block of North St. Francis in Wichita, according to a social media report from police.
When officers arrived, they located a 22-year-old woman with a stab wound to her abdomen.
EMS transported her to an area hospital for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The investigation revealed the victim was walking to her vehicle and was approached and stabbed by a suspect later identified as Elam, who fled northbound through the alley. Police released a security camera video of him.
Elam has previous convictions for aggravated indecent liberties with a child and is a registered Kansas sex offender, according to the KBI offender registry. The crimes occurred in Wichita in 2012 and 2013 and included a 5-year-old victim. A jury convicted him of the crimes in 2014.