September 11, 2023 | By: Kara Scarbrough

This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and the University of North Florida’s Applied Journalism class.

Just a few months before she was murdered in 2015, Bridget Hall, a 43-year-old mother, was helping to plan a “Stop the Violence” event in response to growing crime in her hometown of Brookhaven, Mississippi.

Bridget, known as a peacemaker by those close to her, grew up in a large family, with 10 older siblings.

In high school, Bridget was very well liked. She was a cheerleader and was elected homecoming queen in her senior year. After high school, she attended Jackson State University on a singing scholarship. Later in life she became a phlebotomist, someone that collects blood from patients and prepares the samples for testing. She had her first child in college, got married, began her career, and moved to Memphis, Tennessee.

What Bridget was most known for­, and her greatest ambition, ­was singing. She grew up singing in church and even aspired to sing professionally. “She had a voice from heaven,” said Abe London, her youngest brother. “If anyone had a wedding coming up, they would always ask her to sing.”

A mother of four children, her siblings describe Bridget as a loving mother.

“I would say her favorite thing was her children,” said Sharon London, her older sister. According to her, Bridget moved from Memphis back to Brookhaven about a year before her death to be closest to her two oldest children, who now have children of their own.

“What’s sad to me is knowing that they won’t ever know their grandmother,” London said. “Because someone else decided for whatever reason to do what they did.”

On the night of July 6, 2015, Bridget answered her door and was shot multiple times. Her two youngest children were in the house and her oldest daughter was right outside in the driveway. Her oldest son had just left for work.  No one has been arrested for her murder.

“To take her life in front of her kids was a cowardly move,” her brother said. “She is missed by many.”

Eight years later, her family is still searching for answers to her case. Sharon London’s reason for her involvement is not just for herself but for her late father, who never got to see Bridget’s case solved.

“I know she’s entitled to justice,” London said. “This is what she’s supposed to get. This is what she deserves.”

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Anyone with information on Bridget’s case is asked to contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Crime Tips Hotline at (601) 823-0150. You can also contact the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) at 601-987-1573 or 601-987-1573.

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