CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman, who had been attacked in the past, was found dead inside a west Charlotte home.
Tuesday night police identified the victim as 34-year-old Catherine Elizabeth Ahern Blakeney, who is a past victim of domestic violence while living with the suspect.
Her husband Brandon Blakeney, 34, who is featured on various YouTube videos and works at Solstice Tavern on N. Davidson St. is charged with her murder.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police were called to the 2000 block of Pheasant Glen Road around 9:18 a.m. on Tuesday for a welfare check.
According to police, Brandon Blakeney greeted officers when they arrived at his home and he let them in to search for Catherine Blakeney.
Catherine, who had not been seen in weeks, was found dead in the home and Brandon was taken into custody, police said.
Brandon Blakeney has the persona of Brandon Beanz Blakeney on Facebook and various YouTube videos, a close friend confirmed to WBTV.
He works on an endeavor called SkyMind Entertainment and appears to promote a special entertainment feature called "The Platform."
His Facebook page shows him at the 2010 National Poetry Slam and his videos are called Rooftop Sessions -- an interview program that talks with various musical artists.
A person named Brandon Beanz Blakeney also wrote an essay on ConcreteGeneration.com about the "Sanctity of Marriage" where he talked about the ups and downs of married life.
"Many of us have been exposed to, and taught various opinions about marriage, that we don't know which way to turn," the author wrote. "The (life my wife and I) were exposed to as children and young adults lead to us clashing, and bumping heads on numerous occasions. We both had serious trust issues!"
Several neighbors told WBTV that the couple lived at the home and that police were called on a regular basis due to the couple fighting.
WBTV checked court records and found charges against Brandon of assault on a female and resisting arrest, both related to Catherine, whose maiden name is Catherine Elizabeth Ahern.
In mid-December 2010 police came to home on Pheasant Glen Rd and Blakeney charged out the door at police, documents say. His wife and sister initially called cops saying he threw an ironing board down the stairs and was yelling and cursing, police say.
In that incident, he refused arrest and was tackled to the ground by police, police say.
In Feb. of 2010 he allegedly assaulted Catherine with the police report saying that he kicked, punched, hit her, and pulled her hair. She suffered a bruised her face.
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