13 things about Byron Center, Michigan’s Brandey Schurr

Brandey Lynn Bruin Schurr is from Michigan, United States. The state consists of two peninsulas namely Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula.

Here's the murderer who executed Patrick Lyoya. His name is Chris Schurr. Here he is pictured with his wife. They got married in Kenya. https://t.co/pKrUWW1TxG pic.twitter.com/iVr76bKyUa

— The Homeless Menace (@PangsOfPain) April 15, 2022

BIOGRAPHY

Schurr is married to her high school sweetheart Christopher Paul “Chris” Schurr. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is Michael Eric Bruin and Julie Ann Wever‘s daughter.
2. Her mother is married to Jack Wever.
3. She is Brittney Bruin and Brooklyn Bruin‘s sister.
4. Her husband Chris is a pole vaulter and decathlete who became a police officer.
5. Her grandfather Richard H. Bruin lived in Wayland, Michigan before moving to Hastings, Michigan.
6. She is 1 year younger than Chris.
7. She was born in 1992.
8. On September 7, 2005, her grandfather Richard passed away.
9. In 2011, she graduated from Byron Center High School in Byron Center.
10. In 2013, she and Chris visited Kenya.
11. In 2014, she and Chris got married in Kenya.
12. In 2015, her husband Chris joined the Grand Rapids Police Department.
13. In 2022, her husband Chris was charged with murder.

TIMELINE

Brandey is a resident of Byron Center, Michigan. Aside from Byron Center, she has lived in other parts of Michigan including Grand Rapids.

2014

• In May 2014, she and Chris got engaged.
• In July 2014, she and Chris got married in Kawiti, Homa Bay, Kenya. Pastor Odero Elisha hosted them and officiated at their wedding.

2021

• On April 17, 2021, her stepbrother Blake Jarod Wever, son of Jack and Janice Wever, passed away after cancer battle.

2022

• On April 4, 2022, her husband Chris fatally shot Congolese refugee Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids. 
• On June 9, 2022, her husband Chris was charged with one count of second-degree murder.

2025

• On April 28, 2025, she accompanied Chris at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids where his second-degree murder trial started.