​State of Wisconsin Versus Chrystul Kizer
Mackenzie Elle Knight

​    Sixteen, a girl, black, and alone. Chrystul Kizer was a sixteen-year-old black girl when
first convicted of murdering her sex trafficker and is now facing life in prison. Randy Volar, 33,
was an accused pedophile preying on underage Black girls and filming them. Even though
Wisconsin’s District Attorney, Michael Graveley, was aware of the evidence against Volar he
delayed to prosecute him and ended up releasing him without bail. The reasoning the case was
commenced: The Washington Post published, “He remained free until Chrystul, then 17, went to
his house one night in June and allegedly shot him in the head, twice. She lit his body on fire,
police said, and fled in his car.”
    A few days later, Kizer confessed to killing Michael Graveley. The District Attorney’s
argues, “Graveley says he believes Chrystul’s crime was premeditated. The evidence, he argues,
shows she planned to murder Volar so she could steal his BMW.”
In some states including Wisconsin, there is an “Affirmative Law” which means, “If they
can prove at trial they committed a crime because they were being trafficked, they can be
acquitted of certain charges against them.”
    In the law, “Trafficking victims, regardless of the circumstances. Thirty states and the
District have stopped charging minors with prostitution.” This law could be used for Chrystul
Kizer’s acquittal, and maybe ultimately determine her fate in life or prison. Madison Parks states,
“She was sixteen and scared. She probably wanted to make sure he was gone for good.”
    Most states also have a law that gives sex-trafficking victims an “affirmative defense.” If
they can prove at trial they committed a crime because they were being trafficked, they can be
acquitted of certain charges against them. The prosecutor’s argument is Chrystul Kizer planning
the murder to Randy Volar to steal his BMW car. Jessica Contrera adds, “On the night of the
fire, she posted a selfie at 3:10 a.m. Behind her were curtains detectives recognized from Volar’s
house. The caption: “My Mug Shot. Three days later, Chrystul live-streamed on Facebook. She
talked about giving her brother a BMW. She showed off a gun. She told her 20-year-old
boyfriend, Delane Nelson, “I don’t want to shoot anybody else.”
   Interviewee three wanted to remain anonymous for this interview. Anonymous explains
“I think the same day of the attempted rape she should have gone to police instead of driving off,
but she could have been scared. However, her gloating about stealing Randy’s car and killing
him doesn’t help her case either.”
    This evidence obviously can be difficult to answer whether or not she should go to prison
for this crime, but the case she has to prove, now that it is under the Affirmative Law, is that he
was her sex- trafficker and District Attorney, Michael Gravely, has to prove it was her just
stealing Volara car.
    Among the three interviewees, they are all for Chrystul Kizer but become skeptical when
discussing the way she killed him and her driving away afterward. Tina Bonner emphasizes, “It
is engraved in America of choosing the accuser over a black girl’s voice. It plays a huge factor
in reality because that philosophy was taught for centuries now.”
​    After listening to the interviews, it seems as though all clients believe she should get a
sentence but not for life due to her cringy Facebook live, but they unanimously agree if Randy
Volar was still alive today, there is an instilled fear of him not being held accountable for his
sexual abuse against underage black girls, and that the state of Wisconsin versus Chrystul Kizer
would have probably only been charged with arson and first-degree murder, while Randy Volar
would be liberated again.

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