Background: News footage of the New Britain, Conn. home of Bryana Raye (WVIT). Inset: Christopher Raye (New Britain Police Department).
A man from Connecticut was discovered walking along a road a day following his alleged involvement in a tragic incident. Christopher Raye, 45, was accused of committing a grievous act, stabbing his wife and shooting his mother-in-law in the presence of the couple’s two children.
Christopher Raye faced a murder charge following the stabbing death of his wife, Bryana Raye, aged 30, and her mother, whose name was not disclosed but confirmed by acquaintances to WVIT, an NBC affiliate. Details from the arrest affidavit, as reported by The Hartford Courant, indicated that a woman from Pennsylvania contacted authorities upon overhearing gunshots and a commotion during her conversation with Bryana Raye’s mother.
Upon their arrival at the residence in New Britain, Connecticut, law enforcement officers found the older woman with a gunshot wound in the living room. Meanwhile, Bryana Raye was discovered in the bedroom, having sustained multiple stab wounds. Tragically, Bryana Raye was pronounced deceased at the scene.
