‘She looked petrified’: Woman stabbed to death in her home called police on former classmate who confessed to crime in jailhouse grievance note, police say

Man arrested after allegedly confessing to murder in jailhouse grievance

Left: Brandon Braxton (Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office). Right: Whitney Heard (Facebook).

Almost a year after a North Carolina woman was found stabbed to death in her home, one of her former classmates allegedly confessed to the crime while in jail.

According to an affidavit filed on March 20, Brandon Braxton, 33, was charged with the murder of Whitney Hurd, 32, who was found dead in her home on July 14, 2024. Braxton, who was in custody at the Mecklenburg County Jail on an unrelated charge, reportedly submitted a grievance on March 3 with a note that read, “I killed Whitney Hurd.” Detectives confirmed through video surveillance that it was Braxton who wrote the note. Braxton, who has a long list of arrests in North Carolina, was named as a person of interest in the case and has now been formally charged.

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