On March 25, 2021, Penny Medina, a Hispanic woman living in Raytown, Missouri, was shot multiple times in her apartment at the Valencia Apartments and later died at the hospital. Police were called before 5 a.m. after reports of gunfire; officers found a woman on a balcony with a stab wound to the neck who directed them to Medina’s apartment. Medina identified her ex-boyfriend as the shooter before she died.

Investigators say Medina had met 26-year-old Travione Rogelio Batey-Hernandez of Overland Park, Kansas, about a month earlier. Reports state he had moved in recently, and Medina had been concerned about his jealousy. In the hours before the attack he reportedly banged on her door and kept calling; after she opened the door he fired shots inside, then assaulted and stabbed Medina’s friend with broken glass. He later confessed to detectives, saying he was full of rage over Medina spending time with her friend.

Batey-Hernandez was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and two counts of armed criminal action; he was held in Johnson County before extradition to Missouri and prosecutors requested $500,000 bond.