The exterior of Wilkes County Jail in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. (Google Maps) (Google Maps) A man kidnapped and killed a U.S. Postal Service worker while she was delivering mail in North Carolina last week, police said, orphaning her two daughters, who lost their father just a few months before. Brandi Reynolds, 35, was found dead following a call for help to authorities in Hays, North Carolina, on Friday afternoon, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.