‘The families were close friends’: Relatives react to man arrested, charged in death of man found dead in trunk of car. Last month, police found 39-year-old Kyce Barnes dead in an abandoned parking lot in west Wichita, wrapped up in bloody sheets and stuffed in the trunk of a car. On Friday, prosecutors charged 23-year-old Daitrez Birch with intentional and premeditated first-degree murder for Barnes’ death, with a $1 million bond.