THE mother of rising country star Spencer Hatcher was stabbed to death in an attack cops described as “completely random.”
Holly Hatcher, 62, was killed by an armed intruder while her husband, 65, was left injured.
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Kevin Moses Walker, 41, knifed Holly, a former school teacher, before attacking her husband Michael – Spencer’s dad.
Michael then shot Walker, from Maryland, dead after getting a handgun from his car.
Michael reported the home invasion at around 11:58pm and police found Walker’s remains in the driveway, as per the CBS affiliate WTVR-TV.
Mystery still surrounds the circumstances and motive behind the stabbing – with cops revealing no link between the suspect and his victims.
Bryan Hutcheson, of the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office, said the stabbing appeared to be “completely random” in its nature.
“This investigation is still ongoing with RCSO and VSP both working very hard on discovering all of the facts and highly unusual circumstances involved in this violent and tragic crime,” he added.
Walker didn’t have a rap sheet or any history of criminal behavior.
Cops released a timeline of the events leading up to the stabbing.
On August 1, he rented a campsite at Endless Caverns in New Market, Virginia, before buying a blade from a local Walmart store.
He also bought a sleeping bag from the supermarket.
The campsite is around three miles from the Hatcher’s home.
The next day, Walker abandoned his vehicle at the campground.
The abandoned car had damage to it, and cops found a parking permit belonging to the campsite.
Walker was found dead on the Hatcher’s driveway when cops swooped on the scene.
The attack has left the family with unanswered questions.
‘TRAGIC CRIME’
“There’s going to be questions that will never be answered, but all I can tell you is we’ve cried, we’ve hurt, and we’ve hugged, and we have found more love than we have ever known has existed between us, and between you,” Michael Hatcher said.
Spencer was expected to appear at country music events in Butler County, Ohio, and Harrisonburg, Virginia, but suddenly canceled his appearances.
He withdrew from the events due to a “monumental loss in our family.”
“I hope to make these dates up to my fans in the future,” he wrote on Instagram.
Spencer, who describes himself as a Nashville newcomer, released his first singles in October last year.
In September 2024, he fell off a roof, which left him with a fractured pelvis.
“I feel like I’ve experienced two miracles in just one month,” he wrote on his website.
“First, surviving a two-story fall, which I truly believe was the hand of God, and second, signing a record deal, which I realize is something that most artists never get to do.”
Doctors said Spencer would make a full recovery within three months but he was back performing within three weeks of the accident.
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