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The mother of an aspiring country star died in a home invasion stabbing in the family's home in Virginia's historic Shenandoah Valley before his father, who was also injured in the attack, grabbed a handgun and fatally shot the attacker, according to local authorities.

The intruder killed Holly Hatcher, a 62-year-old former teacher, before her husband, Michael Hatcher, 65, fired the fatal shot around midnight on Sunday, Aug. 3. Their 31-year-old son Spencer Hatcher, an up-and-coming country crooner , canceled several upcoming shows as his family deals with his mother's death.

"Speaking personally, this is 31 years in law enforcement for me, I have never seen anything like this in my entire career, just the way the unusua

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