WNCN investigative reporter Jonathan Carlson is reporting that questionable use of campaign money could have been the motivation behind a stabbing that killed 29-year-old Jamie Hahn and wounded her husband, 27-year-old Nation Hahn. The couple was attacked in their home in Raleigh, N.C., Monday night, and Jamie Hahn’s family announced her death early Wednesday morning.
ALERT: Raleigh police now charging Jon Broyhill with murder in the death of Jamie Hahn.
— CBS 17 (@WNCN) April 24, 2013
The suspect in the stabbing, Jonathan Broyhill, was the best man at the Hahns’ wedding, and all three were Democratic political strategists who had attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, according to WNCN. Jamie Hahn was a fundraiser who had worked on several campaigns, including Sen. John Edwards’ presidential campaign, and Broyhill reportedly worked as a strategist at Hahn’s firm.
Source: victim's husband came home and there was no confrontation before murder
— Jonathan Carlson (@TVreporter) April 24, 2013
Fmr. congressman tells me victim may have been looking into suspect's questionable finance records
— Jonathan Carlson (@TVreporter) April 24, 2013
Source on Hahn's husband : "He went upstairs to change clothes..and he said it was less than five minutes (when)..he heard jamie screaming"
— Jonathan Carlson (@TVreporter) April 24, 2013
"I talked to Nation (husband) last night…there apparently was not an argument." Attack seemed out of the blue
— Jonathan Carlson (@TVreporter) April 24, 2013
Frm. congressman who worked with suspect: "There is reason to think..he did use campaign money improperly."
— Jonathan Carlson (@TVreporter) April 24, 2013
"Jamie hahn was going to get all the campaign records from him to look at them herself."
— Jonathan Carlson (@TVreporter) April 24, 2013
Nation Hahn has continued to tweet today, and his Twitter feed is heartbreaking.
https://twitter.com/NationHahn/status/327040325715652608
https://twitter.com/NationHahn/status/327042152989339648
https://twitter.com/NationHahn/status/327058202594246657
Cate Edwards is the daughter of John and Elizabeth Edwards.
Sending my thoughts & prayers of peace to @NationHahn & family. Jamie was a beautiful person beloved by so many of us.
— Cate Edwards (@Cate_Edwards) April 24, 2013
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