Yahorany ’Nani’ Popoca, a 29-year-old Hispanic mother of six from Haines City, Florida, was shot in her car on the morning of Sunday, June 30, 2024, as she arrived for work at La Fiesta Mexicana Restaurant. Family members placed balloons and a makeshift memorial where she died and said she had been enduring months of stalking and harassment by a former partner. In her final moments Popoca called 911 and described her attacker. Officers attempted lifesaving measures and she was taken to a local hospital, where she died.

Popoca had obtained two protective injunctions against her estranged boyfriend of seven years, Rolando Guevara Zarate, including one issued six days before the shooting. Witnesses described a Ford Mustang and police issued an alert; an officer in Winter Haven located the vehicle and, after a brief foot chase, took Zarate into custody. Police said he confessed, told detectives he feared Popoca would take their children, and admitted disposing of the gun after the shooting.

Was anyone in the Haines City area that morning aware of a Ford Mustang near La Fiesta Mexicana or did anyone see anything suspicious relating to Popoca in the weeks before June 30?