A welfare check in late September 2016 led Phoenix police to a home near 10th Avenue and Buckeye Road, where they found 53-year-old Kimmy Brice dead of a gunshot wound. Officers treated the death as a homicide and soon focused on a woman identified as Brice’s girlfriend, 23-year-old Yaneli Medina.

Family and friends reportedly told investigators that Medina had confessed to the killing, giving police probable cause to seek her arrest. At the time she was named as a suspect, Medina was described as seven to eight months pregnant and a warrant was issued while authorities asked the public for help locating her. The case then went without public updates for years.

In a 2024 YouTube video a woman identified as Yaneli Medina said she had been arrested, served three months in jail, and was released after claiming self-defense and alleging Brice had been abusive. Independent confirmation of an arrest or conviction is not available and at least one unsolved-crimes resource still listed Brice’s killing as open as of early 2024.

Did anyone in the Phoenix area know Kimmy Brice or have information about Medina’s whereabouts in 2016?