UPDATE: Jamie Hahn has died, according to a statement released by the Hahn and Kirk families at 1:50 a.m. today that reads in part:
“Jamie lost her struggle to live this morning. We lost a beautiful and loving wife, daughter and friend. We all lost a pure and brave spirit.
“Over the last two days we were inspired by how the community rallied around her. It is our fervent hope that an even larger community will be inspired now by the way she lived her life.”
Two UNC alumni, both prominent Democratic political strategists, were found with stab wounds on Monday near their Raleigh home.
Jamie Kirk Hahn, 29, and her husband Nation Richard Hahn, 27, were taken to WakeMed Hospital Monday evening after police responded to a 911 call.
Nation Hahn has been released from the hospital, but Jamie Hahn remains in critical condition, said former N.C. Democratic Party official Gary Pearce, who visited WakeMed on Tuesday.
Nation Hahn attended a prayer vigil for his wife Tuesday.
Jonathan Wayne Broyhill, 31, has been charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury.
According to The (Orangeburg, S.C.) Times and Democrat, Broyhill was the best man in the couple’s 2009 wedding.