Zaiylah Bronson.Photo:GoFundMe
GoFundMe
Weeks earlier, the mother said Bronson had driven roughly three hours northwest to Leavenworth, Kansas to tell her mother the news in person. “She drove all the way here to surprise me,” Taronza told the newspaper.
Zaiylah Bronson.GoFundMe
Bronson’s mother said they had a close relationship, speaking about every two days on the phone outside of trips back-and-forth to see one another.
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Bronson was an excellent student, her mother said, running track and joining the powerlifting team at Lansing High School in Lansing, Kansas. She reportedly graduated from high school a year early at 17, going straight to Wichita State in 2021.
Wichita police began looking for Bronson on Saturday morning after one of Lewis’ family members called authorities saying they were suspicious that he had harmed his girlfriend, local news outlet KWCHreported.
“The depth of pain that domestic violence inflicts upon its victims and their loved ones is unimaginable,” Bronson’s godmother Dawn Wilson wrote in aGoFundMeorganized to help the family with funeral expenses. “No one should ever have to endure such suffering, and we must come together to address and prevent such tragedies from occurring.”A funeral for Bronson was scheduled to take place Thursday morning in Leavenworth.
source: people.com
