Joey Hattenbrun was murdered by her father-in-law on suspicion of having an extramarital affair in 2011.
The victim Joey was married to her husband, Chad Hatternbrun, and before her murder, she was having some marriage problems with him. But everything went downhill when she was struggling for her life on her home’s driveaway.
On further investigation, it was found that her father-in-law, Brett was the one involved in her brutal situation leading to death.
What Happened To Joey Hattenbrun?
Joey Hattenbrun was seriously injured and bleeding in the driveway on September 16, 2011, found by her husband Chad and her son.
On seeing such a condition of Joey, Chad called 911, and she was immediately rushed to the hospital for the treatment.
Due to heavy bleeding and serious wounds, the doctors could not revive her, and she passed away. During her treatment, doctors found that she had several fractures in her skull with a brain contusion and defensive wounds.
The injuries led the doctors to deduce that she was hit repeatedly with a blunt object. Joey was 30 years old when she died, and she used to work as a pharmacy technician at a local pharmacy.
She had a three-year-old son and used to live with her family in Hernando County. Her murder case was shocking to all her family members, and the revelation that her father-in-law was the killer was shocking news to many people.
Joey Hattenbrun’s Killer Brett Hattenbrun Guilty Of Murder
The father-in-law of Joey Hatternbrun and her son’s grandfather, Brett Hattenbrun was the person that was proven guilty of her murder.
During the investigation of Joey’s murder, Brett was found hostile toward police officers and didn’t cooperate with them instead threw a Molotov cocktail and nails at them.
Officers couldn’t cooperate with him and eventually shot him in the abdomen and arrested him. He didn’t confess anything while he was questioned in the hospital.
But eventually, after a few hours, he admitted that he had asked her to stop screaming, and when she didn’t stop it, he hit her till she stopped screaming.
Joey told the whole story about how he hit Joey which led to her death at the end. He had gone to Joey’s house to confront her regarding her affair, and their talk turned into an argument due to which Joey threatened Brett to leave her house otherwise she would call the cop.
Brett told Joey to put the phone away, and when she didn’t oblige him, he tried to take the phone away soon, Joey, was kicking his groin, and Brett tried to muffle her scream with his hand and hit her severely.
Where Are Joey Hattenbrun Husband Chad Hattenbrun And Their Son Now?
Chad and his son have remained away from the spotlight, and there is not much information regarding his whereabouts.
Joey Hattenbrun’s Husband Chad and her son were the first people to see Joey in such a severe case.
During her murder case trial, Chad revealed that they were having marriage problems and he was talking with some person he met online.
Similarly, they were solving their marriage problems, and everything was going alright until Joey was found wounded in 2011. Chad’s father, Brett, was sentenced to Life in Prison for the brutal murder of Joey Lynn Hattenbrun.