WILSON COUNTY – Just a couple of hours after asking for help to located a missing teen on Monday, The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) canceled an endangered persons advisory for 17-year-old Alexandra R. Smith of Wichita who had been seen in Coyville.
Alexandra went missing from Wichita on July 6, 2025 when she was 16. She was last seen Sunday, March 8, at a residence in Wilson County community of Coyville.
Alexandra was a witness to a homicide, and authorities were concerned for her safety. The KBI did not release details on where they located the teen.
They did report that just after 7p.m. on Sunday, deputies from the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to 2105 2nd Street in Coyville, after gunfire was reported.
Upon arrival deputies located Lucas R. Pickell, 37, of Fredonia, just outside a fifth-wheel RV on the property. Pickell had suffered a gunshot wound and died at the scene.
Witnesses were interviewed and evidence was examined and collected. Preliminary information indicates Pickell had been using drugs in the RV with a male subject and two female subjects. During the incident, 52-year-old William “Bud” Wescott, of Coyville, is suspected to have shot Pickell.
Wescott was arrested on requested of second-degree murder at the scene and booked into the Wilson County Jail.