From Phast Phreddie, via my friend Julie DuBrow:

Dear Friends,

This morning my brother, who works in the Richmond, Virginia area, called and asked me if I knew Bryan Harvey.

I was familiar with The House of Freaks when the group was based in LA, and Gutterball with Steve Wynn; and I ran into Bryan and his wife from time to time when I was down in the Richmond area visiting my brother and/or Stephen McCarthy (of The Long Ryders, who has played in several bands with Bryan since they both moved back to Richmond in the late eighties). Twice I saw Harvey dressed as Presley when he sang in the band Fat Elvis–with McCarthy (it may have been Fat Elvis’ only two shows).

My brother told me that he had just read in the paper that Bryan and his family were found dead in their home.

the rest of the story, as far as we have it