by Rachel Ogbu
Jamie Kirk Hahn with accused murderer and husband’s best man Jon Wayne Broyhill
31-year-old Jonathan Wayne Broyhill who served as best man at his long time friend’s wedding four years ago, was charged on Wednesday for fatally stabbing the bride, Jamie Kirk Hahn, 29, and wounding the groom, Nation Richard Hahn, 27, at their North Carolina home.
According to police reports, Jamie and Nation were attacked with a knife by Broyhill during a Monday night dinner and then turned the knife on himself.
Wral reports that sources close to the victims said that Broyhill attacked Jamie after her husband left the room, he came back after he hearing screams and then saw Broyhill stabbing his wife. Police say the attack is not “domestic-related” and some other sources claim money could be a possible motive for the stabbing, according to ABC. Broyhill was said to be the bookkeeper for Jamie Hahn’s business and some political campaigns.
On the day of the crime, local authorities found Jamie Hahn with stab wounds a tenth of a mile from her home, with a trail of blood leading back to the scene of the attack, CBS News reports.
Jamie Hahn’s family released in a statement:
“We lost a beautiful and loving wife, daughter and friend. We lost a pure and brave spirit,” “She had a gift for bringing us together — black and white, young and old, gay and straight. She challenged us to work together for a better world.”
“It is our fervent hope that an even larger community will be inspired now by the way she lived her life,” the family continued. “She dedicated her life and her work to the ideal that we were put on this earth to care for those who need an extra measure of care. She believed in justice, opportunity and fairness for all. She loved politics and she saw the Democratic Party as the path to realize her ideals.”
“She had a gift for bringing us together – black and white, young and old, gay and straight. She challenged us to work together for a better world,” her family said. “Her light will shine on in all of us who knew and loved her.”
Nation Hahn had posted on his Twitter page that he didn’t know how to survive after losing his wife.
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