US postal worker kidnapped and killed while delivering mail…

Assault Hays North Carolina in Hays, North Carolina: A U.S. Postal Service employee, Brandi Reynolds, was kidnapped and killed while delivering mail in rural North Carolina. The Wilkes County Sheriff's Office responded to a request for law enforcement assistance at 304 Monteith Acres in Hays, North Carolina, at approximately 4:16 p.m. on June 27, 2026, and deputies discovered Reynolds deceased at the scene. The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation said a suspect is accused of restraining Reynolds and removing her from one place to another without her consent. Reynolds had recently been widowed after her husband Brent Reynolds died in a car accident in December, leaving her to raise their two children alone.