Shortly after midnight on August 22, 2021, gunfire outside a Waffle House on South Broadway in Lexington, Kentucky, left 22-year-old Jaimesha Beattie dead. Two other people, a 26-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman, were wounded and survived with non-life-threatening injuries. Jaimesha was a mother and is described as having a loving family.

Police identified a 19-year-old woman, Naomi Romero, as a suspect in connection with the killing. Romero was not accused of firing the shots but was arrested on charges of facilitation to murder, falsely reporting an incident, and tampering with physical evidence. Investigators say electronic evidence placed Romero in the vehicle used during the homicide and with the suspects at other locations. Authorities allege Romero drove the car to Woodford County and set it on fire, then reported it stolen. The investigation is ongoing; who has information about Jaimesha, her movements that night, or the vehicle involved?