Bobby Holbart Bridges II, 61, was found in his Ellaville, Georgia home on October 26, 2021 with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. Emergency responders took him to Phoebe Sumter in Americus, but he did not survive. Responding deputies from the Schley County Sheriff’s Office discovered his wife, Juanita Bridges, at the residence; she handed a handgun to deputies and confessed to shooting her husband. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to lead the inquiry.

Juanita Bridges, 57 at the time, was taken into custody and later arrested on charges including Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. Bobby Bridges was remembered by family as a U.S. Navy veteran and a skilled craftsman who enjoyed fishing, watching birds and spending time with his family.

If anyone knew the Bridges family or has information about what happened that day, please share what you know.