(the country singer is Spencer Hatcher - he is not well known. He has some tracks with 15k+ listens on YouTube.)

A horrific murder unfolded earlier this month in Virginia that has sent shock waves across the country music community.

As WTVR reported on Friday, 62-year-old teacher Holly Hatcher was savagely killed back on August 3 in Rockingham County after a stranger broke into her and her husband’s home. 65-year-old Michael Hatcher, the husband, was wounded during the attack but managed to kill the perp in an act of self-defense.

Police identified the deceased killer as 41-year-old Kevin Moses Walker of Pikeville, Maryland. Police said that on August 1, Walker rented a campsite at Endless Caverns in New Market, Virginia, at 2:22 p.m. and toured the caverns at approximately 3 p.m.

Walker then purchased a large knife three hours later (5:24 p.m.) at a Walmart roughly seven minutes from the campsite.

Courtesy of WTVR, here is the rest of the timeline leading up to the attack:

The following morning, Virginia State Police responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle on Endless Caverns Road. There, they discovered the store at Endless Caverns had been broken into, with damage consistent with being rammed by a vehicle.

Authorities determined Walker had entered both the store and the caverns, though nothing was stolen.

Despite efforts to locate Walker using patrol vehicles and a drone, he wasn’t found. Felony warrants were obtained for him at that time.

The next call authorities received was at 11:58 p.m. on Sunday, August 3, when Michael Hatcher reported the home invasion.

When police deputies arrived on the scene, they found Walker dead in the driveway and Michael Hatcher injured. Holly Hatcher was discovered inside the home with multiple stab wounds.