SEDGWICK COUNTY - A registered Kansas sex offender is going back to prison.
On July 1, 30-year-old Jeffrey Elam was sentenced to 19 years in prison for a violent knife attack on a woman in Wichita in 2021, according to the Sedgwick County District attorney's office.
Just after 11:30p.m. November 28, 2021 police responded to reports of a stabbing in the 100 block of North St. Francis in Wichita. 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 and made an arrest the following night.
In May, Elam was found guilty of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated battery for the attack.
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. Elam is now also required to register as a violent offender, according to the district attorney's office.