Tamya Perkins and her boyfriend Markese Gleghorn had always been quiet people. They both kept to themselves so much that a friend who noticed Perkins looking at Gleghorn every day in high school had to step in to arrange for the two to meet in 2019.
The friend passed Gleghorn a note with Perkins’ number, and they started talking. Since then, they’d been together. In June 2022, the couple had their first daughter. They hoped to get married, have more kids and raise a big family.
But those dreams were cut short more than a week ago when Gleghorn, 21, was found shot outside a Lenexa McDonald’s.
Officers responded around 7 p.m. on Jan. 13 to the McDonald’s at 13330 W. 87th St. Parkway, where they found Gleghorn shot inside a vehicle, according to Officer Danny Chavez, a spokesman for the Lenexa Police Department .
Police attempted life-saving measures, but Gleghorn was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dmariea V. Avance, 24, was taken into custody that night and charged with first-degree murder. He is being held on a $500,000 bond. Police have not released a motive for the killing.