It was a quiet evening along the tree-lined street of Tealwood Place in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 22nd of April, 2013. Residents of the neighbourhood were just settling in for the night, preparing dinner and watching television when they heard a deafening scream echoing throughout the neighbourhood. Some of them got out of their beds and glanced out the window, to see a woman running down the neighbourhood saturated in blood.
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Audio Sources:
“Best Man Suspected in Murder of Bride: Jonathan Broyhill Awaits Charges in Death of Jamie Hahn”
“Nation Hahn speaks of late wife Jamie Hahn”
“Jonathan Broyhill Trial (Victim’s Husband Testifies) Day 5 Part 3 03/10/15”
“Jamie Hahn family reads statement after Broyhill conviction”
“Jonathan Broyhill Trial Day 3 Part 1 03/06/15”
“Jonathan Broyhill Trial Day 4 Part 2 03/09/15”
“Jonathan Broyhill Trial Day 2 Part 2 03/05/15”
“Jonathan Broyhill Trial Day 1 Part 1 03/04/15”
Sources:
ABC – 6 WJBF, 22 April, 2013 – “Raleigh Man Says He Lost his Soulmate”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 23 April, 2013 – “Wife of Democratic Strategist Dies After Best Man Stabs NC Couple”
Daily Tar Heel, 23 April, 2013 – “Friend Charged in Stabbing of UNC Alumni”
FOX – 8WGHP, 23 April, 2013 – “Dem Strategist, Fundraiser Stabbed in Raleigh”
The News & Observer, 23 April, 2013 – “Political Strategist Stabbed in Their North Raleigh Home”
Buffalo Examiner, 24 April, 2013 – “Best Man Fatally Stabs Bride”
CBS – 13 WBTW, 24 April, 2013 – “Slain Political Strategist was Questioning Campaign Fund Misuse”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 24 April, 2013 – “Raleigh Woman Stabbed by Best Friend”
The News & Observer, 24 April, 2013 – “Suspect in Jamie Hahn Stabbing Made Questionable Campaign Reports”
San Diego Examiner, 24 April, 2013 – “Best Man Fatally Stabs Bride for Asking More and More Aggressive Questions”
CBS – 13 WBTW, 25 April, 2013 – “Democratic Strategist Charged in Fatal Stabbing”
The Charlotte Observer, 26 April, 2013 – “Suspect in Stabbing Said He Had Cancer”
The New & Observer, 26 April, 2013 – “Raleigh Murder Suspect Wrote Questionable Checks to Himself”
The News-Topic, 26 April, 2013 – “Jamie Hahn”
Associated Press, 27 April, 2013 – “Slain NC Consultant Recalled at Church, Dinner”
CBS – 9 WNCT, 27 April, 2013 – “Husband, Loved Ones Pay Respects to Murdered Political Strategist”
The News & Observer, 27 April, 2013 – “Democrats Play Tribute to Jamie Hahn”
The News & Observer, 27 April, 2013 – “Conviction, Commitment, Courage”
The News & Observer, 27 April, 2013 – “Jon Broyhill and Nation Hahn’s Unusual Bond, Stunning Break”
CBS – 9 WNCT, 30 April, 2013 – “Broyhill Charged with Murdering Best Friend’s Wife”
Associated Press, 20 May, 2013 – “Suspect in NC Strategists’ Stabbings Indicted”
The News & Observer, 31 May, 2013 – “Autopsy Report”
CBS – 9 WNCT, 8 August, 2013 – “Embezzlement Believed to be Motive”
The Charlotte Observer, 10 August, 2013 – “Hahn Killing Points to Finances”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 6 September, 2013 – “Foundation Plans Birthday Celebration for Jamie Hahn”
The News & Observer, 15 August, 2013 – “Trial Date Set for Raleigh Man”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 4 March, 2015 – “Broyhill’s Attorney Says Jamie Hahn’s Murder was not Planned”
The News & Observer, 4 March, 2015 – “Jonathan Broyhill Only Planned to Kill Himself”
The News & Observer, 5 March, 2015 – “We’ll Have Many More Anniversaries”
The News & Observer, 6 March, 2015 – “Jonathan Broyhill Told Raleigh Police he Wanted to End his Life”
The News & Observer, 6 March, 2015 – “Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation Embodies Ideals of Slain NC Democratic Party Strategist”
The News-Topic, 6 March, 2015 – “Bloody Scene Confronts Officer”
The News-Topic, 8 March, 2015 – “Bloody Mess Greeted Officers”
The News & Observer, 9 March, 2015 – “Jonathan Broyhill Tells Investigators he Remembers Jamie Hahn Screaming”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 10 March, 2015 – “Nation Hahn Says Broyhill Stood Over Wife’s Body with Knife”
The News & Observer, 10 March, 2015 – “Nation Hahn Recounts Wife’s Death”
The News-Topic, 10 March, 2015 – “Hahn Had Back to Broyhill When Attacked”
The News-Topic, 11 March, 2015 – “Memories Bring Hahn to Verge of Tears”
The News-Topic, 12 March, 2015 – “Broyhill a Troubled Liar”
The News-Topic, 13 March, 2015 – “Broyhill Wanted Out of the Country”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 16 March, 2015 – “Jurt Sees Knife Used in Murder of Jamie Hahn”
The News & Observer, 17 March, 2015 – “Jonathan BRoyhill Trial Jury to Consider 1st or 2nd Degree”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 18 March, 2015 – “Broyhill Guilty of 1st Degree Murder”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 19 March, 2015 – “You Can’t Kill Her Spirit”
The News & Observer, 19 March, 2015 – “Jonathan Broyhill Gets Life in Prison”
