Grace Ann Bridges Dedert, also reported as Grace Bell Bridges, was a 69-year-old woman from Dothan, Alabama, who was shot and killed while working inside Dedert’s Furniture Store at 966 South Park Avenue on March 17, 2010. Police were initially called for a possible medical emergency; when officers arrived they found Grace had suffered a single gunshot wound and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Early reports said at least one gunman entered the store and that the shooting likely occurred between noon and 2:15 p.m., with investigators later characterizing the slaying as connected to a robbery or attempted robbery.

Grace was born June 27, 1940, in Richmond, Indiana. She lived in Dothan, was married to Don Dedert, and was a mother to Terrie, Sherrie, Wendy, and Nita. The killing became a long-standing cold case that investigators periodically reviewed; evidence was reexamined and witnesses reinterviewed, and the case was later presented to a grand jury.

Did anyone in Dothan or the surrounding area have information about activity near South Park Avenue on March 17, 2010, or about people seen entering the furniture store that day?