Tampa Bay Rays Prospect Loses Son, Wife and Mother-in-Law in Tragic Slaying
MLB Prospect Horrifically Loses Wife, Son and Mother-in-Law
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By Joe Saunders
Published August 28, 2019 at 7:20am
Three family members of a minor league baseball player were found slain Tuesday — starting a four-hour manhunt that ended with the capture of the brother of one of the murdered women.
According to USA Today, the dead were the wife, mother-in-law and son of Blake Bivens, a pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays’ Double-A affiliate, the Montgomery Biscuits.
Bleacher Report identified the victims as Bivens’ wife, Emily, his 1-year-old son, Cullen, and his mother-in-law, Joan Bernard.
Their bodies were found about 8 a.m. after authorities in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, received a call that someone had been shot, according to WFLA. The county is in southern Virginia, bordering on North Carolina.
“When officers arrived on scene, they found a woman dead in the driveway of the home. After entering the residence, police discovered the bodies of a second woman and a child,” WFLA reported.
Authorities immediately began searching for Matthew Bernard, Bivens’ brother-in-law, whose age has been reported as both 18 and 19.
He was found shortly after noon running naked near a church, according to WSET, an ABC affiliate in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The church is less than a mile from the scene of the killings, WFLA reported. Bernard has been charged with three counts of murder.
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Poster Comment:
This is so tragic.