Former Duke football player Brandon Braxton confesses to murdering high school friend in upscale North Carolina townhome

A former Duke football player allegedly stabbed his old high school friend to death after he started to appear and terrorize her outside of her home in an upscale North Carolina community.Brandon Braxton admitted to the brutal July 2024 killing of real estate agent Whitney Hurd as investigators had questioned him for months over the murder.“I killed Whitney Hurd,” Braxton allegedly wrote in a message to the Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Office on March 3, according to an arrest affidavit signed March 20 and viewed by The Post.Braxton – a four-year player for the Blue Devils between 2010 and 2013 – made the confession while being held by the sheriff’s county for an unrelated crime.The 33-year-old had been viewed as a person of interest in the murder after his fingerprints were found at both the murder scene and in Hurd’s stolen car, but police never arrested him until March 20.Hurd, 32, was reported missing by her family on July 11.A private investigator discovered Hurd’s body inside her SouthPark townhome three days later, Queen City News reported.She suffered multiple stab wounds and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the affidavit.Her body was found wrapped in bedding, WBTV reported.Braxton and Hurd were friends at Providence High School in Charlotte, NC before the two lost touch for several years.In 2009, Braxton committed to play collegiate football at Duke University.

He played in 43 games, scored 3 touchdowns as a receiver and totaled 38 tackles as a safety his junior year in 2012.Years after graduating from Duke in 2014, Braxton began appearing outside Hurd’s home, police said in the affidavit but didn’t provide a timeline.One night, Braxton allegedly fell asleep on Hurd’s driveway when she wouldn’t let him in her Werburgh Street townhouse in south Charlotte, the affidavit states.Hurd had also called the cops when Braxton allegedly broke into her home.When her body was found, police discovered Hurd’s phone and prized white 2014 ...