Tragedy Strikes Family in Hopkins: A heinous crime has shaken a quiet Minnesota neighborhood after a father allegedly took the lives of his wife and young daughter in a brutal stabbing attack. Nathan Brown, 41, is accused of using a screwdriver to kill his 41-year-old wife, Kristen, and their 7-year-old daughter, Evie, in their home, which also serves as an in-home daycare. The shocking incident occurred in front of a horrified witness, another parent who was dropping off their child at the daycare. As authorities investigate the motive behind this devastating act, the community is left reeling in shock and grief, struggling to comprehend the senseless violence that has torn a family apart.


Nathan Brown, 41, stabbed his wife, Kristen Brown, 41, and his daughter, Evie, 7, to death with a screwdriver as a parent -- who witnessed the heinous act -- was dropping off their child at the family's in-home daycare in Hopkins, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.