How Hannah Rapp's life and bright boxing future ended on a Texas road — SkimNews
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- Hannah Rapp, a 26-year-old professional boxer known as "Hanarchy," was killed on July 18 on FM 159 outside College Station, Texas, when Charles Eric Medina stopped his 2008 Honda, reversed into her, and her head shattered the car's rear window.
- Medina had 50 police encounters over eight years, multiple arrests, and a court-ordered psychological evaluation; he was arrested for manslaughter the day of the crash and separately for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon related to Rapp's boyfriend days later.
- Police noted that Medina's reverse skid marks "appeared as if [the driver] was steering towards something while backing up," contradicting Medina's claim that he didn't see Rapp "until the last moment before he hit her."
- Rapp discovered boxing as therapy during residential treatment for an eating disorder that followed her loss of a walk-on spot on Purdue's track team to pandemic budget cuts; in June she went 10 rounds with WBC featherweight champion Tiara Brown in her first professional loss.
- Judge John Brick denied Medina's bond reduction at a hearing, citing his history with "a knife, with swords, with a shotgun, even a vehicle," and the total of his outstanding bail across Brazos and Grimes counties exceeded $1 million.
- In a 2024 arrest, Medina allegedly waved a hatchet and machete at passing cars and fired shots at police drones with "no regard" for bystanders, yet was released two days later; another 2025 evading arrest case was resolved the same day he was taken in.
Why it matters: A 26-year-old professional boxer is dead because a driver with 50 police encounters, multiple violent episodes involving hatchets and firearms, and over $1 million in outstanding bail kept being released into the same rural Texas community. Judge Brick refused to lower Medina's bond, calling him a danger to himself, his family, the public, and law enforcement — but Rapp's family is left asking how he was still driving FM 159 on July 18.
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