SEDGWICK COUNTY— A woman reported missing was found dead inside a vehicle Sunday at a south Wichita home.
The victim has been identified as 43-year-old Rachel Johnson of Wichita, according to Officer Kris Gupilan.
Just before 5:30p.m. Sept. 27, police received a report of a missing person under suspicious circumstances. Because of the nature of the case, homicide investigators were assigned later that evening.
Johnson was last seen by family members the morning of Sept. 26 around 9:30 a.m. driving a black 2014 Ford Fusion.
On Sept. 28, investigators were directed to a residence in the 1800 block of South Longford Circle. There, officers located the missing Ford Fusion and found Johnson deceased inside the vehicle. Officers then entered the home and located a 39-year-old man in the basement dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Preliminary findings indicate Johnson and the man had a prior domestic relationship.
The incident remains under investigation, according to Gupilan.
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