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The postal worker mom who was kidnapped and murdered on her mail route was a convicted drug dealer - as was her husband, who died just months before her, according to court records

Brandi Reynolds, 35, bragged online about her seemingly idyllic family life with her husband, Brent Reynolds, and their two daughters, making the brutality of her murder Friday on her route in Hays, North Carolina, all the more shocking.

But Brandi and Brent - who died in a car crash just before Christmas - were both busted in 2022 for running drugs from their home in rural Wilkes County, according to records obtained by the Daily Mail.

The Reynolds' daughters were already stricken by tragedy in the months leading up to their mother, Brandi Reynolds' murder - whentheir father, Brent, was killed in a car crash. Brandi Byrd Reynolds / Facebook

The slain mom used her house for  keeping and selling controlled substances,  including  marijuana and fentanyl,  according to a criminal indictment.

She was also charged with  trafficking opium or heroin  of more than 4 grams but less than 14 grams with the intent to sell and conspiring with her husband to sell marijuana.

Police found  drug paraphernalia, baggies, wax rubber containers, plastic totes and scales to package and repackage  in the home, the indictment states.

The pair were both convicted.

The mom was sentenced to 30 months of supervised probation in May 2023, while her husband was sentenced to 36 months of supervised probation, the records show.

Brent Reynolds died in a single-car accident two days before Christmas last year while still serving his sentence.

He was not wearing his seatbelt when his 2014 Ram truck veered off the road, struck a tree and overturned. He was declared dead at the scene.

Brandi Reynolds was working her route on Friday in Hays, about 160 miles west of Raleigh, when she was kidnapped and shot dead, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.

William Craig Durham is being charged with Brandi Reynolds' murder. North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation/Fac

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