Officers showed up at the home after being dispatched “to investigate a possible sex crime” around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, People magazine reported. After looking around the home, officers “discovered that some type of struggle had taken place,” the press release obtained by the outlet said.
There was blood on the walls, according to the criminal complaint obtained by WISN. The criminal complaint also alleged that Medrano’s attack on his parents came after the father caught him reportedly molesting a child inside the home, the outlet reported.
Medrano reportedly had been having sexual thoughts about an underage child and had gone to act on the impulses, WISN reported. Medrano reportedly had the machete when he entered the room of the minor, the outlet reported. He allegedly stabbed his father with the machete after the father came to check on the commotion, WISN reported.