Holly Hatcher, a beloved 62-year-old teacher and mother of rising country music artist Spencer Hatcher, was killed in a violent home invasion in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Sunday, Aug. 3, authorities said.

This is a highly unusual, apparently completely random [attack] with an individual with no known history of violent behavior of any kind,” Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson

A horrific home invasion in rural Virginia culminated in the fatal stabbing of the mother of an up-and-coming country music star, followed by her husband’s defensive action that left the intruder dead.