Holly Hatcher, 62, mother of up-and-coming country music artist Spencer Hatcher, was fatally stabbed in her Virginia home during a break-in that authorities describe as a “completely random” attack, the New York Post said.

Country music star Spencer Hatcher took to Instagram just more than a week ago to announce he was cancelling some of his upcoming shows due to a “monumental loss” in his family. And now we know what that heartbreaking loss was.