Man arrested in connection with woman’s death inside south Charlotte townhome

CHARLOTTE — A man has been arrested and charged in the death of Whitney Hurd after she was found last July in south Charlotte.

Channel 9 first reported on Brandon Braxton in January after our investigation revealed police notes stated he’s known for “random acts of violence.”

Braxton was previously listed as a person of interest in the stabbing death of Hurd, a realtor who was found dead in her SouthPark townhome last July.

Now, Braxton has been arrested and charged in that case.

He faced a judge Friday morning. Channel 9′s Hunter Sáenz learned that the judge denied a bond for Braxton, saying he has connections to Texas and no family in the Charlotte area.

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Court records show Braxton is facing charges of first-degree murder and robbery. On top of the murder, he’s also accused of stealing Hurd’s BMW and iPhone.

The situation started in the summer, when Hurd’s family said she never showed up to their house on July 4, according to search warrants.

They reported her missing on July 11 and hired a private investigator who found her body on July 14. Her stolen BMW was found days later.

Other court documents connected Braxton to the scene of Hurd’s death using fingerprints. Investigators also searched data from Hurd’s Ring cameras, her Facebook and Instagram accounts, and cell phone.

Police said Braxton was already in jail before his arrest in Hurd’s case after he allegedly stole a woman’s cash at a First Watch restaurant in Ballantyne.

Court records for that incident said “an alert was put out” for him “due to random acts of violence, including assaulting random” people.

Days before that, Braxton threw a brick through a man’s window in Ballantyne. He punched a man in the face at a gas pump in the same area and shattered a window with a rock at the Harris Teeter on Providence Road.

Braxton was also arrested last October, accused of exposing himself to a woman in Fourth Ward Park. He was charged with assaulting a woman the following month.

This is a developing story. Check back with wsoctv.com for updates.

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