Major update in gruesome murder of glamorous North Carolina realtor found dead inside her townhouse

A large breakthrough has developed successful the gruesome execution of a glamorous North Carolina realtor who was recovered 'wrapped successful bloody bedding' wrong her luxury townhouse.

The lifeless assemblage of Charlotte existent property cause Whitney Hurd, 32, was discovered successful her upscale South Park home past July aft she was reported missing by her family.

She was brutally stabbed to decease successful the chest, according to an autopsy study released successful October.

After six months without an update, constabulary yet person a pb successful the case.

Brandon Braxton, 34, a antheral with a disturbing transgression past, has been named a idiosyncratic of interest, according to a hunt warrant of his location connected unrelated charges.

Braxton is presently down bars astatine Mecklenburg County Jail connected unrelated charges.

His troubling transgression past includes allegations of misdemeanor larceny, elemental assault, wounded to existent spot and indecent exposure. 

It is unclear if helium has entered a plea to those charges, and their respective lawsuit is inactive ongoing.

Just past week, portion investigators were gathering their lawsuit successful Hurd's murder, Braxton was arrested for allegedly stealing from a pistillate and punching a antheral successful the look - adding to his lengthy transgression record. 

Lindsey Newsome was moving a canine adoption fundraiser astatine a southbound Charlotte edifice erstwhile she said she had a terrifying brushwood with Braxton.

'He started talking to maine a small spot saying helium had been wanting to follow a dog,' Newsome told WSOC-TV.

What started arsenic an guiltless speech rapidly turned frightening.

'I was screaming for help. I said, 'He's got my money, he's got my money. Can you assistance me?'' she recalled aft Braxton allegedly snatched her container and fled.

A bully Samaritan tackled Braxton adjacent a edifice and held him successful a chokehold until constabulary arrived - earlier getting punched successful the look by the suspect.

'I was conscionable scared. I was successful shock,' Newsome said of the ordeal.

Court records uncover a disturbing signifier of alleged unit that has escalated recently. 

In the days earlier the fundraiser incident, Braxton allegedly threw a ceramic done a man's model successful Ballantyne, punched a antheral successful the look astatine a state pump successful the aforesaid area, and shattered a Harris Teeter model connected Providence Road with a rock.

Police documents enactment Braxton is known for 'random acts of violence.'

Just months aft Hurd's death, Braxton was arrested again successful October - this clip for indecent exposure.

Search warrants uncover that investigators discovered 'clothing, shoes and a knife' during a hunt of Braxton's property.

A consequent warrant requesting DNA swabs stated determination was 'probable origin that a execution has been committed and that the DNA of Brandon David Braxton... is grounds of that murder.'

Despite mounting evidence, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police person not officially named suspects successful Hurd's death.

He is acceptable to stay successful custody successful the meantime for those unrelated charges.

Hurd, described by friends arsenic a vivacious 32-year-old successful Charlotte's competitory existent property market, vanished without a hint connected July 11, 2024. 

The hopeless hunt for the beloved realtor came to a tragic extremity erstwhile a backstage researcher hired by her household made the horrifying discovery.

'I'm helping the household look for a missing daughter... the body's here,' the researcher told 911 operators successful a haunting telephone that would people the opening of a six-month investigation.

The young realtor's assemblage was recovered 'wrapped successful a heap of bloody bedding' wrong her townhome disconnected Werburgh Street successful the exclusive Magnolia Park community.

Her luxury BMW, which had sparked a citywide search, was recovered a week aboriginal nether circumstances constabulary person kept quiet.

'It was thing we're not utilized to happening successful this area,' Carolina Harris, a neighbour who lives conscionable doors distant from the transgression scene, told WBTV.

Another resident, Tyler Everett, expressed the community's increasing unease.

'I'm adjacent to that aforesaid property truthful you don't deliberation of that being a possibility,' Everett told WBTV.

'It was devastating for everybody astir present and to not cognize thing is evidently concerning arsenic well.'

Investigators delved into Hurd's enactment connected the dating app Hinge, wherever her parent revealed she 'was active' and 'was talking to respective antithetic men' earlier her death.

But it was fingerprint grounds that led authorities to Braxton, tribunal documents show.

'They were friends since precocious schoolhouse and Whitney has ever been generous and loving to anyone successful need.'

Since the gruesome murder, assemblage members person expressed increasing fears.

'I unrecorded lone fractional a mile from wherever Whitney did and americium terrified of going retired unsocial now. I went to precocious schoolhouse with her arsenic good and retrieve her arsenic specified a sweet, beauteous person. If anyone who knows her is speechmaking this, I would assistance signifier thing for justness and awareness,' 1 nonmigratory posted.

Her obituary describes Hurd arsenic a vivacious young pistillate whose beingness was chopped short.

A arrogant postgraduate of Providence High School and the University of South Carolina graduating successful 2014, Hurd was remembered for her 'infectious grin and laugh.'

She was a devoted aunt to her nephew Camden and niece Catherine, whom she adored deeply, and a loving subordinate of Delta Delta Delta sorority.

She besides cherished her cute mini Bernadoodle, Luna, her obituary states.