Germany Torres Figueroa survived the same attack that killed Sinay Leon-Montoya, leading to murder and attempted murder pleas.
WICHITA, Kan. — The woman who survived a west Wichita apartment stabbing became the second named victim in the case that ended with Edward A. Millan-Volcan pleading guilty to murder and attempted murder.
Millan-Volcan, 26, admitted May 29 in Sedgwick County District Court that he killed Sinay Y. Leon-Montoya, 27, and tried to kill Germany Torres Figueroa during a July 17, 2025, domestic violence attack. The plea removed the need for a trial and set the case for sentencing July 16. Prosecutors said he faces a minimum term of 38 years and nine months in prison. The plea also narrowed the case from a wider list of initial booking allegations to two central counts involving the woman who died and the friend who lived.
Torres Figueroa was first described by Wichita police as a 25-year-old Wichita woman who was found outside the Par Lane apartment with a stab or cut wound. Police said she was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening and later remained in stable condition. Later reports identified her as Leon-Montoya’s friend and said she tried to stop the attack. When the district attorney’s office announced the plea, it named her as the victim in the attempted first-degree murder count. Officials have not released a detailed public statement from Torres Figueroa or a full medical description of her injuries.
The fatal attack began after a separate 911 call from Leon-Montoya. At about 2:17 p.m., police said, she called from the 6300 block of West Kellogg Drive to report a disturbance. Wichita police said a language barrier made it difficult for dispatchers to communicate with her. Reporting that cited an affidavit said she told dispatchers that Millan-Volcan had hit and choked her and had threatened to kill her and the children. She then returned to the apartment on the 6800 block of West Par Lane because, according to the affidavit account, she believed something was happening with one of her children.
Police were called to the Par Lane apartment at about 2:34 p.m. By then, the violence had moved inside. Officers found Torres Figueroa outside and Leon-Montoya inside with stab wounds. Leon-Montoya was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Millan-Volcan was also inside the apartment and was arrested without incident, police said. The known movement from West Kellogg to West Par Lane covered about 3 miles and 17 minutes. Police did not release a full transcript of the 911 call, and officials have not said whether officers reached the first location before the second call sent them to the apartment.
Investigators said the children Leon-Montoya shared with Millan-Volcan were present during the attack. That detail was included in the first Wichita police release and later repeated in court-related reporting. Initial booking information included child endangerment and kidnapping-related suspicions, reflecting what police believed had happened inside the apartment. Those counts were dismissed through the plea agreement. The public record does not identify the children by name or age. Officials have not publicly described their placement after the killing. Their presence remains one of the starkest facts in the case, but authorities have released few details to protect their privacy.
The medical evidence described by authorities showed the intensity of the attack on Leon-Montoya. Investigators found her near a three-inch scratch awl on the bedroom floor. A scratch awl is a pointed tool commonly used to mark or puncture material. Authorities said Leon-Montoya suffered more than 60 puncture wounds. The wounds were found on her chest, neck, arms, back and head. The medical examiner found that 21 wounds penetrated her heart and lungs. Police said she was still alive when officers found her, but she died after being transported to a hospital. The official cause and manner details beyond the stab wounds were not fully released in the police statement.
The plea agreement left Millan-Volcan convicted by admission on the two counts that carried the core allegations. He pleaded guilty to first-degree felony murder and attempted first-degree murder before Judge Kevin Smith. The district attorney’s office said District Attorney Marc Bennett and Assistant District Attorney Sophia Brunetti handled the prosecution. The Wichita Police Department investigated. When police first booked Millan-Volcan, they listed suspicion of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of aggravated child endangerment. By the plea stage, the kidnapping and child endangerment allegations were dismissed.
Leon-Montoya’s background has been filled in through public reports beyond the charging announcement. She was born in Venezuela and moved to the United States in 2023, according to obituary information cited in later coverage. She had lived in New York before moving to Kansas. She worked as a shift manager at a McDonald’s restaurant. Local reporting said she moved to the United States seeking a better life for her sons. Police said she was in the process of trying to end the relationship with Millan-Volcan when she died. Some accounts described Millan-Volcan as her estranged husband, while the district attorney’s office used only his name and age.
The case’s structure is now set for sentencing. Prosecutors do not have to call witnesses to prove guilt because Millan-Volcan admitted the two charges. The sentencing hearing could still bring more public detail if Torres Figueroa, relatives of Leon-Montoya or prosecutors speak about the impact of the attack. The court may also address the dismissed counts as part of the broader case history, depending on what is allowed under Kansas sentencing rules. The minimum prison term announced by prosecutors is 38 years and nine months, but the judge will impose the final sentence.
As of July 6, the next scheduled milestone is the July 16 sentencing in Sedgwick County District Court. The case now rests on two admitted crimes from one apartment attack: the killing of Leon-Montoya and the attempted killing of Torres Figueroa, who survived after trying to intervene.
Author note: Last updated July 6, 2026.