By Associated Press - Wednesday, June 27, 2018

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say a man has been arrested in the stabbing death of his girlfriend in Wichita.

Police said in a news release that the 25-year-old man called 911 around 2 a.m. Tuesday to report that he had harmed his 22-year-old girlfriend, Mackenzie Payne, in an apartment. The man was armed with a knife when authorities arrived and booked into jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. Payne was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police are investigating what led to the stabbing.



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