In the early morning hours of January 27, 2025, a domestic disturbance at a Prospect Street home in New Britain, Connecticut, left 37-year-old Bryana Raye dead and her mother critically injured. Bryana was found unresponsive with multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Bryana’s mother suffered a gunshot wound and was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

Two young children of Bryana and her husband Christopher Raye were in the house during the incident. A family member inside reported hearing a gunshot and seeing Christopher Raye stab his wife; a friend on the phone with Bryana’s mother heard a disturbance and what sounded like a gunshot and alerted authorities. Christopher Raye, 45, fled but was located walking along the Berlin Turnpike the next evening and taken into custody without incident.

Christopher Raye has been charged with murder, first-degree assault with a firearm, two counts of risk of injury to a minor, illegal discharge of a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm, and criminal use of a weapon, and was held on $1 million bond. Bryana worked as a nurse at the Hospital for Special Care and was remembered by colleagues and the community as a cherished coworker and friend.

If anyone knew Bryana or witnessed what happened that morning, does anything about the timeline or the children’s presence shed light on the sequence of events?