February 13, 2018 • 46 mins
Crime Stories investigates the unsolved murder of Bridget Shiel. Almost two years have passed since Bridget Shiel was tragically gunned down - and still no arrests have been made. Nancy Grace is joined by Karen Greer, CBS46 Atlanta reporter, and Vincent Hill, private investigator, former Nashville police officer, to examine the clues and bring a killer to justice.
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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on Sirius XM Triumph Channel
one two. I feel so bad about what she was feeling,
all of afraid she must have been. She needs justice
just so her she arrest. I just saw her arrest.
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She didn't deserve to die this way. But no, they
eat scared. What happened in in Atlanta neighborhood park there
in the Oakland City area, a gorgeous young model, Bridget
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Shiel was in the final moments of her life. No witnesses,
no cameras, no one arrested. We have not forgotten. I'm
Nancy Grays. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being
with us. We want answers and the death of young Bridget.
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She'll why did she have to die? Why did she die?
Her mother Angela heart broken. I feel like part of
my heart has been taken away. Part of me is missing.
She says she can't trust anybody now. She's even looking
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at Bridget's friends, at everyone. All we know, her career
was just taking off. A model agency had gotten her
a job in a music video. It was a huge
break for her. Things were looking up, and then suddenly
in a public park she's found dead. Jorge a me.
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CBS forty six Atlanta investigative reporter, Karen Greer, private investigator,
former Nashville p D Vincent Hill, and Dr Tiffany Sanders,
renowned psychologists joining us out of Chicago. Let's start with
Karen Greer from CBS forty six. Karen, you've been on
the case from the get go. Tell me what happened
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at the very beginning, the very beginning of this story,
Nancy is just still very disturbing to all of us.
We had gotten a call about nineteen year old Bridget Shields,
body strips, naked found in a park in our area,
as you said, and really no clues. She had been
shot multiple times right in the back, as if she
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had been, you know, running from someone who had been
chasing her in this park. Um. We talked to friends
of hers who said she was loving, she was sweet,
she had gone out that night. We followed her on
social media, saw her preparing to go out to that night,
and then saw her last Snapchat video where she looked
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like she was in the park and she was fine
and she was going to meet someone. Um, and that's
where all the clues seemed to have stopped for police
and and even for us as we tried to get
some answers on this. So she was snapchatting right before
her murder. Yes, she did snapchatting right before her murder.
Her death, I mean she was barefoot running in a park.
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We could see that with her and then that was
the last clue. Listen around seven am, this victim was
found in Oakland City Park at thirteen five Oakland Drive.
Um because victim was new, as we reported before and
suffered several gunshot wounds, A little a brief timeline of
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her whereabouts. She was last seen the day before at
a friend's house near ten fifteen pm PM near South
Harrison Road and Red and Rode Into Kept. Only later
on that evening she was seen at a Chevron gas
station around PM Memorial Drive and Rockbridge Road with two
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black males, one wearing a white T shirt, the other
having to go to and both in the early twenties
and thirty years old. Victim's vehicles discovered June one at
about six am at Riding Road. So that's the timeline.
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I think we've reported that before. In regards to the investigation,
were continuing to look at phone records, social media accounts.
Victim associates, friends and family. Who would want Bridget chill dead?
Who would want her dad? Um? What do we know
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from the autopsy report? Let's start with that, Karen Greer,
what does it show that autopsy showed that she had
been shot several times in her back? Uh as if
she has said was running away from her killer. Everybody
carrying Greer is at CBS forty six right now, so
you're hearing her newsroom in the background. In case you're
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hearing those voices. Um. Just two hours and thirteen minutes
before she was murdered, she talked with a friend on
the phone. Everything was fine, but then just thirty minutes later,
she was in trouble, witnesses tell police. A witness says
she saw Bridget at a shell gas station about twenty
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miles in the park where she would very soon be murdered.
Take a listen to what her grandmother says. And I've
heard that she was at a gas station in her car.
She was not driving. She was in the front seat,
but in the passenger side. And I've heard that she
looked very unhappy. That is from Crime Watch. Deally was
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in her car. She was not behind the wheel. We
learned that there were two men in her car, possibly
holding her captive. Nobody recognizes these guys at the Shell
gas station. Was she under some type of coercion? Was
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she forced into the car according to detectives. Witnesses say
she did not look comfortable. She's sitting in the passenger
seat of her car. She's not in control of the vehicle.
After that, she's found dead in a public park. To
Vincent Hill, private investigator, former Nashville p D, there were
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security cameras at the gas station. Did they catch anything
of Bridget's car or who was in it? Nancy? The
best that they were able to determine was one male
black appeared to be between twenty and thirty years old
with the white T shirt, and there was no clear
description of the other individual in the car. And to
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your point, yes, there were witnesses that said Bridget did
not appear to be comfortable inside her own vehicle. So,
as an investigator, that tells me this is likely where
the trouble started for Bridget that night. Well, there's another
clue about the car. When the car was found the
day after, they find Bridget's body murdered in a public park.
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Some of her clothing was inside her car. Obviously someone
had tried to find to hide the clothing. I guess
that means it was stuffed in the glove compartment or
stuffed under receipt or under something maybe a a a
floor mat. But her clothing was hidden in the car.
So her clothing was forced off of her in that car.
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We think, um, we go ahead, Yeah, her her clothing
was in the car. Of course, she was found unfortunately naked.
I did receive a call from a source that was
close to her friend of Bridget, and the allegation was that, uh,
there was an attempt to burn Bridget's body to dispose
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of it. So of course the easiest way to do
that is to make sure the body is naked. Uh.
There that hasn't been proven, but again this was a
source from someone close to Bridget. Everyone. The tipline in
this is four oh four five seven seven tips four
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Karen Greer joining me special guests out of CBS forty six. Karen,
her clothes were in the car. The car was found
not far from the Shell station. Her body was found
miles away in a public part. What does that lead
you to dds? Karen. We were concerned and as police
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were when we talked to them about this that you know,
she perhaps knew, she knew who she was with. It
was her vehicle. Um, she was in the passenger seat
and she was driven. She somehow got to that park
where her body was found nude. Then hearing that there
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were about seven gunshot wounds to her back, Uh, that
was startling information to hear from the autopsy. And they
were the type of bullets that exploded, uh once they
were fired in your body. So it was as if
it were someone who really didn't want her to be identified.
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You know, the fact that she has shot so many
times very disturbing. You know, she's she's in several music videos. UM.
I'm just thinking about how this whole thing went down
and who would have shot her so many times as
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she was running, running naked in a public park. What
more do we know about the autopsy report? Um, they
said that the shots to her torso were the ones
that actually caused her death. UM. And they had thought
earlier that she had been dumped at that part, but
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upon further review, the police said that I believe it
all happened in the park and she was trying to
get away from whoever committed the murder. I want you
to hear this. Well, we initially thought that that she
was dumped there because her body was just laying there
with nothing, just a new body, no personal belongings, nothing,
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so so the original theory was that someone for there
after she was killed and dumped the body. But upon
a further review, we we now believe that the incident
actually happened in the park and she was trying to
flee whoever it was that committed the murder. I mean,
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just go ahead, and Nancy, I'm sorry, let me just
have this. I viewed the autopsy and some of those
rounds entered at a downward angle. So that tells me
Bridget was on the ground like we already did, and
someone still stood above her and fired those shots into
her back and into her buttocks. That's very sad, and
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it's to me, a crime of rage, a crime of passion.
A gorgeous young girl, Bridget Sells shot while running for
her life. This was just weeks before she planned to
move to Washington, d C. Where she grew up in
a military family. Dan against ballet, playing on the soccer field.
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Uh all American girl growing up. At least take a
listen to what her grandmother says. She was live wire,
full of energy, full of life, so so much fun
to be around. And she was very dramatic. If the
sun was shining, she wouldn't say the sun is shining,
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she'd said, look at the day. That is from crime
watch deally And in just a matter of seconds, everything
comes to a screeching halt. But in those seconds, she
was terrified, terrified and running for her life. She knew
she was about to be murdered. To Dr Tiffany Sanders,
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Chicago Psychologists joining us, I can't even imagine her frame
of mind as she's naked, running through a public park,
run for her life. Dr Tiffany, I'm sure she couldn't
even think straight. Put yourself in her shoes. She's afraid
it's dark. Uh, she she doesn't know where to turn. Um,
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her heart is racing, that flight or flight is kicking in,
you know, and and that fear that something is looming
behind you. Uh. It's more than I bet her family
can't even bear to hear. I want you to hear this.
This is harsh but true. I feel worried, sick, and
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she may have suffered. I don't know if she was
tortured that. I don't know what happens. Did she hurt,
did they beat her up? You know? How long could
she go that she was gonna die? And I'm worried
that she knew for hours that she might die. It's
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feel so guilty the shadow what it could does her
mother angela heart broken? Absolutely, Nancy, It's just disturbing to
even hear the details. But um, and I'm very concerned
because a young lady that comes from a military background,
a sort of all American lifestyle, how would she how
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did she get to the point where she's possibly involved,
uh with some unscrupulous people who are doing these things?
You know, it makes me question, um, certain things that
may have happened in her life, who who was mentoring her,
who was guiding her? Uh, you just don't get involved
in these type of activities at nineteen nineteen. You're supposed
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to be in uh in college possibly or some sort
of trade school. So there are a lot of questions
that are unanswered. But in that moment, uh, it was
just fear that was likely in her mind, and she
was probably uh knowing that her life was coming to
an end Loo. Can you tell me about r I
P bullets with me? Vincent Hill, private investigator Karen Greer,
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investigative reporter with CBS forty and Dr Tiffany Sanders out
of Chicago, Rest in Peace RIP radically invasive projectiles. What
can you tell me about those type of bullets, Vincent Hill? Yeah,
And I think their named appropriately Nancy r I P
because they're designed specifically to explode on impacts. So anytime
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something enters your body and explodes, it's meant for mass
destruction and total damage. And obviously that's what happened here
with bridget Well. Another thing, she was shot, as we know,
seven times in the back, legs and buttocks with ripped
rounds r I P radically invasive projectiles. And these bullets
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are a little bit like hollow point bullets that explode
inside of you. Uh, they're exploding bullets that leave a
quote snowstorm like shrapnel effect inside your body and no
powder burns. We also know from the autopsy report she
was shot at a distance by a killer on the move.
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The gunshot wounds to the torso if she had been
shot thirty six inches or closer, there would have been
powder burns, uh gunshot residue or if even closer there
had been stippling burning from the the heat of the
gun and the gunshot powder. Um. When you look at
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the path of the bullets, Vincent, they were all to
the back side of her, So you're convinced she was
definitely running away and then likely shot on the ground. Yeah. Absolutely,
I mean there are no no ones to the to
the front of Bridget. Uh. So again you have to
think she's she's neked. She's in this park, it's dark,
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So she was definitely running. She was definitely afraid, and
unfortunately this killer was able to uh get on target,
per se and and kill Bridget. So again the rounds
that interneted downward spiral tells me she was already on
the ground like we did, or just about to that
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point when that occurred. Well, wouldn't you call this overkill?
Seven bullets? I mean, wait, they had to kill her
seven times? Over Yeah, absolutely, Nancy, I mean, any one
of those rounds one by itself could have killed Bridget.
To do it six more times was just nothing but overkill.
And again to me, it was rage interesting. Her fingernails.
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Karen Greer joining me from CBS forty were absolutely perfect,
almost as if she were doing a hand add in
a magazine. She just had her nails and they were
absolutely perfect. And what is intriguing about that is there
was no fight her, Her nails were not torn off.
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We don't know of any DNA under her nails. Nothing.
But police did tell me, Nancy in an interview months later,
that they did find some DNA in her coon that
they thought could help them identify the person who was responsible.
Will this then turn out to be a d NA
case as of right now, no arrests and no leads.
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Hold on with that development from Caring Greer, let me
pause and think not only our guests Carrying Greer, Vincent Hill,
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address the fact that DNA was found in Bridget's car
and what they may that may mean to the case.
But first I want to talk about her boyfriend. He
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has not been formally named a suspect or a person
of interest in the case, although he considers himself the
prime suspect. Listen, did the police say that you were
a suspect? They said it was a sect, said it
was the number one suspect, this one suspect, So it
was the number one suspect, and everybody thought I did it.
But why would the police say that you're the number
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one suspect and they think that you did it? What
did they tell you that they had on you? Um?
Me being the most recent person that she was with.
That's all they can tell me. Do the cops still
consider you their prime suspect? Uh? Date, I'm highly doubt that.
I highly doubt that I'm the prime suspect now because
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when they called me back the second time to the
precinct and they were like, everybody thinks you did it.
I was, okay, Bro, I'm gonna sue his whole entire
tchituways and you can put us on me. Yeah, I'm
very confident. Like, Bro, I know some good lawyers, some
of the top followers in the US. Right now, Man,
I wish you would put goes with me, bro, Like
I would love to call them. I would love the
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places call brout and they walked out and they can
maybe sorry, you can leave. Have they told you they've
ruled you out. No, but it doesn't bother me. Don't
bother me at all. It doesn't bother I don't even
think twice about it. I don't even think twice about
being a sussible. That is from Crime Watch Daily, interviewing
the boyfriend. So often when I prosecuted feel any cases
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in inner city Atlanta, if I had access to a
nine on one call, I would play it for the
jury so they could hear the victim or go back
to the moment an incident occurred. Now, this is a
normal one call that Bridget herself made regarding fearing her
boyfriend and wanting help. He is not a suspect or
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person of interest in her murder. But listen to Bridget
shield my mom, would you to the emergency um um place?
There was staying an order on the mark? Were you
have thought it in anyway? And what was this person
to you? He was my boyfriend. Okay, I don't want
you guys to go to this because he said they're
not calling. But there's a nine one call of Bridget
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saying that you had her. I'm not aware of that.
I've never heard no call. I've never heard any of this.
I've never heard no calud and we're we'll be happy
to show you. But how do how do you not
know about this report? I mean, this is how do
you not know? Bridget this is nine one? She really called.
She really caused my fantasy. She called the cops. I mean, seriously,
you don't know this? How How was the person who
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say you're in love with do this and you have
no idea who's living with you? I wasn't aware of this.
This is man. I really still want to see that.
I want to don't interview bro, I want to see
what you're talking on. That is from Crime Watch Dly
interviewing the boyfriend. Um, I want to go back to
the d n A that Karen Greer CBS forty six
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is telling us about. Karen, do we know where the
DNA was? Could it have been innocent DNA? Why? Why
do you think this may hold the key to the killer? Well,
it didn't appear to be innocent because the police detective
that I talked to said that they believe the DNA
belongs to the killer, but they've had a problem connecting
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that DNA with a suspect um, So that leads us
to believe that something was left behind. We have some
DNA from the scene, and we noted it is male DNA.
So we're hoping that at some point we'll we'll get
the DNA match to that person, and uh, sometimes it
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takes a while. At a recent memorial service in Washington,
d C. Bridget was remembered as one of a kind,
a fashionista that loved everybody and hoping to crack into
the world of modeling and fashion. Let's think this through.
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Police now looking for two men last seen with Bridget
in her car outside a Shell Station convenience store. One
had on a white T shirt with a goatee and
was seen yelling at her. Shortly after, this girl's body
was found full of bullets rest in peace, bullets, radically
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invasive projectiles. Now detectives are exploring every avenue, every avenue.
But what we know from the autopsy, there was no
sex attack Vincent Hill, That's correct, Nancy. There was no
signs of any sexual assault that night, just unfortunately the
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homicide to Bridget shield mm. Now. Another thing we know
is she had a college fund set up that the
family was hoping she would use to reinvent herself and
start over in college. I'm thinking about this girl's life
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and what that can mean to the investigation into her death. Also,
what do we know about the DNA vincent Hill What
can you tell us about CODIS regarding the DNA and
APHIS regarding the fingerprints. Yeah, so of course that there's
a match to the DNA, CODIS could tie that and
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of course most states now as if you're arrested and
convicted of a felony, you have to give DNA samples. Now,
the problem here is if this individual has never been
arrested or never fingerprinted, uh, there may be difficulty tying
that DNA to anyone. My suspicion is, if you're cold
enough to shoot someone seven times, chances are you've been
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involved with law enforcement before, you're known to law enforcement.
So I would suspect that that DNA is on file
for someone and hopefully it leads to bridgets killer convincing.
You're absolutely right. That's one of the things that detectives said.
It could take a while. Usually they are able to
track it down, but sometimes it takes them a while
to get those DNA matches. If the person is not
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in the system, if they don't have a previous felony record.
I mean in a lot of states. Here, DNA doesn't
go in the system unless you have a felony. Some
states don't include misdemeanor crimes. But then there's also aphis
for fingerprints, where any fingerprints found in the car? Everybody,
for those of you just joining us here at series
X two, Kring Greer from CBS forty six, Vincent Hill
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private investigator, and Dr Tiffany Sanders, Chicago psychologists joining us
as we investigate the murder of a beautiful nineteen year
old girl who had just launched her modeling career with
a music video, Bridget Shiel Too Caring Greer, CBS forty six.
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Any fingerprints in the car? Uh? They mentioned no finger
Prince Nancy that they could identify as as being anything
that shouldn't have been there, you know, and you talked
about Bridget being beautiful. She just graduated from high school
not you know, months before, and was really trying to
get started and do cosmetology training. She wanted to do
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hair and to do nails, so that was something she
was looking forward to. Um how her life was just
stopped so quickly and her young life is still something
that police are looking to solve very quickly. They'd hope
to have something by the end of last year. Now
we're in another year and they still have no more
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leads than they had before. Do you think her case
is being neglected, Karen? I would hate to say that, Nancy,
because the detective I spoke with tearfully talk to me.
It's something he thought of his daughter, um and he
said he didn't want to rest until her killer was found.
And he's about to retire from the force. Actually, you
know what's so ironic to Dr Tiffany Sanders. Her motto
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was she lived and loved and laughed and left. That
was her motto. It's almost like she predicted her death
and demise early. UM, live, love and left. Wow. Uh
And and it's a it's a great inspiring model, right,
I'm gonna live and I'm gonna love. But she left
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too early. And for some who had a college fund,
for someone uh to you know, move to another location
to start their life and to be involved in school
and and early job opportunities is very exciting. But at
least me to question who uh guided her off track,
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who exposed her to these individuals who likely uh shot
her in the back while she was fearing not likely
they did shoot her in the back, as she's feared
for her life. So I'm concerned that we're overlooking who
possibly is influencing this young lady at eighteen nineteen. You're
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very impressionable, You're you're looking for guidance. Someone guided her
off track and unfortunately, uh, it costed her. It costs
her life, and and something that we should really be
concerned about. Just wondering what, if anything that surveillance video
can show. I know her family is heartbroken. Take a
listen what her grandmother says. I spoke to her the
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day before she was murdered. I had sent her money
because she needed a place to stay. She wanted to
not stay with Kevin and go stay in a motel.
I wanted her to be able to do that. On
the day that she was murdered. She had texted me
that morning, darling, I love you, and she had also called,
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but somehow my phone got turned off, so I missed
her call. I miss her every day. I think of
her every day. I just wish she was still here.
I think she had a lot of growing up to do,
and I wish she'd been given the chance to grow up.
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I will miss her forever. That was Bridget's grandmother who
spoke to her just the day before that evening. Um
Her mom, Angela, says her daughter's friend said the two
were getting together that night to go to a party together,
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but that never happened. The friend says Bridget got into
her car, said she'd be right back, and that was
the last she saw of her. How did she end
up in the car with these two guys, one allegedly
yelling at her? What changed? And why can't I ask you?
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Vincent Hill? Are police so convinced that she was actually
murdered in the park, not just dumped there. Well, Nancy,
it's interesting that originally the the belief was that she
was dumped there. However, once she started going back and
looking at things, there was a call around one thirty
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in that park, uh of shots fired. The Staton snapchat
kind of ties her to the park, so I think
police were able to start putting that together to say
this is where the murder actually occurred. And plus there
were witnesses that said they saw a young female matching
bridgets description in the park area just before the shooting,
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So I think police were able to tie that to
say that's where the murders actually occurred, according to police
investigator Vincent Velasquez. He insists that she was shot in
the park, that there was no evidence that her body
had been attempted to be burned, that she was not
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on the ground when she was shot, that they believe
she was running from her attacker at that time. He
claims that those reports have a negative impact on the family.
To me, those are things left to be determined by
the autopsy. You can't really tell about angles and trajectory
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paths unless you're perform mean the autopsy. Listen. There's no
evidence to suggest that bridget Shield was shot while on
the ground. There's no, excuse me, no evidence to suggest
that the killer's plan on burning her body, uh it
to suggests that is speculation. There's no evidence to suggest,
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excuse me, that her tattoos had anything to do with
what happened to this victim. A lot of speculation surrounding
this case. But the video, the video to carrying Greer
CBS forty six, What specifically does the video show, which
I was very afraid, a very nervous bridget Shield. It
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shows two gentlemen who are very forceful with her, who
obviously we're not there to help her, assist her, make
her comfortable. It shows a very suspicious scene, nothing that
would if if it were daylight, people would probably be
concerned about. But with it being late at night, that
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gas station, Memorial Drive and Rockbridge Drive and decapp County. Uh,
it's it's an area that you know, it's frequently people
going past there all the time, but really nobody paying attention.
So it's interesting that they she was. The car was
ditched behind a cell phone tower in Stone Mountains, several
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miles from that crime scene. Later on a police able
to find it and you know, trying to still find
whoever committed that murder. It was Major Adam Lee, the
third of Atlanta Police, the homicide detective, who said he
wanted to solve this um he thought of his own child.
But he's retiring this year, so this is one of
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those cases that he was very upset. He's not able
to find a conclusion to to find out who murdered
this young, beautiful girl. And all Bridges mom can do
now is wonder, wonder what her daughter's last moments must
have been like. And she says, and I'm quoting, that's
the worst part of all this, How did Bridget feel
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during the time when she was running. She wanted to
be a model, She had a lot of friends. She
was the type of young girl who could go out,
not know anyone and walk away and everybody would be
her friend. I don't think I can get past this
point of grieving until someone has been found. What does
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that say to you, Dr Tiffany Sanders, Well, Nancy, it's
a trauma. It's a trauma that happened to her family.
It's overwhelming and it's difficult for her to process that.
If if my young daughter beautiful, full of joy and
loving and she trusted individuals, I don't know who to trust,
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I don't know if I should trust her friends her enemy.
So it's very overwhelming and that level of grief is
difficult to manage. Um, you know, all you can do
and hope and pray is that she gets some sort
of peace, knowing that the police are still actively pursuing
this investigation and that it has not left in my
(36:10):
minds of residents and family and friends in Atlanta. Again,
the tip line four oh four or five seven seven
tips you know another irony to Karen Greer with CBS
forty six he's been on the case from the very beginning.
That music video that she had just done, Uh, it
(36:30):
was big Ya video and the translation is open fire.
That's what the translation to that is open fire. Yes,
it is. As Dr Tiffany has said, you know, it
appears she almost knew. There were some signs that she
(36:51):
would not make it to UM. Some of the things
that perhaps the crowd she was running with. Dr Tiffany
talked about who who had her out there and it
changed her course in high school. UM kids talked about
she was a quiet girl who's smart. UM, she'd done
very well in high school and it appears started running
with the wrong crowd that UM really put her in danger.
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Perhaps some were saying, and Vincent can speak to this,
that she may have seen some things that she shouldn't
have seen, and there were people that didn't want her
to ever talk about it. UM. There were so many
stories out there. We got calls from people who said
they were friends and and they knew who might have
done it, and that the person left town. So police
(37:39):
telling us that they had so many calls about this case.
And then why is it still cold? That's what I
want to know. With all the calls and all the
information DNA in the car. Why is the case still unsolved?
Why is Bridget's mother still unable to move forward because
no one has been caught And the murder of her
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little girl, the girl who is an amber Rose lookalike. Um,
let me say, a young amber Rose found naked in
a park, her body riddled with bullets. I don't. I
just don't get power a lot. I'm gonna get what
(38:23):
she should have done, right, I really don't. I can't
think of any reason, not even one. We are back
in the investigation in the murder of a teen girl
found naked and riddled with bullets in a public park.
Back to Vincent Hill, private investigator. I'm I'm looking at
(38:47):
the surveillance video at that at the shell station of
her car. What do you think about the car? What
clues can we get from that? What assumptions can we
make about the car? Well? What it tells me, Nancy,
Quite frankly, it's it's someone that was familiar with that area,
that may have lived in that area. I don't find
a coincidence that the car was found just about three
(39:08):
miles from that shell station behind the restaurant against somebody
that knew the area in the car was at least
twenty five miles from where the murders occurred. So somebody
purposely drove that car there to get away from the
crime scene, to get closer to their residents. And I
think that's the circle where investigators should be looking at.
(39:31):
I'm sure they are looking at, but it's very important.
Who who drives twenty five miles if they live by
the park con versus dumping the car by the park?
Also interesting the car had a dent in the passengers
side bump her um, I wonder what if anything that means,
if it's connected to this. We know that she suffered
(39:52):
multiple gunshot wounds to her back, buttocks, and legs. Did
she ever even turn around? A license plate reader camera
picked up a red Ford Fusion registered to her near
Roswell and north Ridge Roads. That's twenty five miles from
the scene. Now, how the car came to pass through
(40:13):
that area at an even greater distance from the ultimate
whereabouts of the car owners is yet to be understood.
I mean, when you're talking about north Ridge Road and
Roswell Road, that's a long way from Stone Mountain. Where
was this car taken Vincent Hill and why, Yeah, absolutely, Nancy.
(40:34):
And here's what's ironic about Roswell and north Ridge where
that car was seen on the surveillance camera. The house
that was rented out by Kevin McKinney, the bridget sealed
portion at the time, was in that area. So that
car was going in the route towards Kevin McKinney's mother's house.
(40:55):
So it's ironic coincidence. Maybe not that Bridget's car after
she was killed was seen going towards Kevin McKinney's mother's house.
That's a huge clue in my mind. It's a huge
red flag in this Yeah. As I always say, there's
a coincidence in criminal law. Back to Karen Greer CBS
(41:18):
forty six, Karen is the boyfriend a person of interest.
It's my understanding he's not been formally named a person
of interest or suspect in this case. He has not, Nancy,
he has never been named a person of interest or
a suspect, but he has said in interviews, several interviews,
he is the main suspect. He's the one everybody's looking at.
(41:39):
He broke down crying when he was asked about her
and said he if he were there in that park
in Oakland Park that night, he would have taken those
bullets for her. So, um, yes, it's a very interesting situation.
He had a new girlfriend. Um, he had a child
by that that woman. There were even reports early on
(42:01):
that perhaps Bridget was pregnant. The autopsy did not show pregnancy,
but um, Vincent Hill and I had learned that perhaps
she had had an abortion before that. Speaking of the
boyfriend from Crime Watch Daily listened to this. Her autopsy
(42:21):
showed that she was not pregnant. So what's the truth.
I'm still even know where Bridget was still pregnant or not,
but I'm pretty sure she was. I'm pretty sure it was. Yeah,
that Bridget was carrying your child. You know, I'm pretty
sure it was. There's no denying when I know for
a fact. And what was your discussion with Bridget about
(42:42):
this child on the way? It was two text message
and I was at the mother of my child, and
I had to basically like so Bridget, like I don't
believe you. Like I had to play it off because
I was trying to be a family man and I
don't want to lose my son because when we get
crazy with these type of things. The rumor after that
is that Bridget ended the pregnancy, but it was a rumor.
(43:05):
She would never be able to substantiate the story. Nancy
is just there's still so many unanswered questions in this
case that police are asking for any help they can
to help solve it. To Dr Tiffany Sanders, Chicago psychologist,
why aren't people coming forward with evidence? Well, Nancy, she
was found running through park and shot seven times in
(43:27):
the back. That's not a typical murder. As events alluded to,
there was some sort of rage and passionate anger. So
to hear that it wasn't some sort of random drive by,
but that she was targeted in that heinous way, it
would frighten many people from wanting to speak up and
to be involved in any sort of investigation for their
(43:48):
own lives. The world being uh So, it makes sense.
It's it's not the best thing, but it definitely makes
sense why people may be quiet. Where does it stand
now to carrying career CBS forty six, We are trying
to ignite the cold case of a murdered teen girl,
Bridget Shield with the world in front of her. She
(44:09):
had just gotten an offer to star in the music video,
her dreams were coming true, her life cut short in
a horrible way. Karen Career, CBS forty six. Where does
it all stand now when Nancy Atlanta? Police are hoping
some witnesses from that store that saw Shield and those
(44:30):
men will come forward with some information. They said at
least three, four or five even people went into that store,
purchased something, went out and may have seen her. Um,
and they may know who those guys are. The guys
may have been regulars at the store because, as Vincent said,
they knew that area. So police are hoping that will
help them, and they're also helping that something comes back
(44:54):
eventually on that DNA found in the car and on
the crime scene. So that's they are with this. They're
just waiting for something to break free in this case.
I want you to hear this. Let me ask you this,
and we got to be very clear now this is
on the record. Did you Kevin had anything to do
(45:16):
with the murder of Bridget Shield. No, not at all.
I woke up to finding out that she got killed.
I got the call and I just hook on tears. Um.
I don't know what to do. It was the most
crazy craziest. I don't know where unexpected thing that ever
(45:38):
happened in my life because no matter what, is this
heartbreaking to me? Man, because that was the woman that
I probably would have been married to. So yeah, bridget
world alive today, you're saying you'd be with her. Yeah,
I want married man. I gol have a ring on
anything right now, bro, like a very expensive ring on
(45:58):
finger right now. If you have any information regarding the
death of this young girl, Brigitte Shiel, please call crime
Stoppers at four zero four five seven seven Tips four
zero four five seven seven t I P. S. Nancy Grace,
(46:19):
Crime Stories, signing off, good bye friend,
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on Sirius XM Triumph Channel
one two. I feel so bad about what she was feeling,
all of afraid she must have been. She needs justice
just so her she arrest. I just saw her arrest.
(00:26):
She didn't deserve to die this way. But no, they
eat scared. What happened in in Atlanta neighborhood park there
in the Oakland City area, a gorgeous young model, Bridget
(00:49):
Shiel was in the final moments of her life. No witnesses,
no cameras, no one arrested. We have not forgotten. I'm
Nancy Grays. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being
with us. We want answers and the death of young Bridget.
(01:13):
She'll why did she have to die? Why did she die?
Her mother Angela heart broken. I feel like part of
my heart has been taken away. Part of me is missing.
She says she can't trust anybody now. She's even looking
(01:35):
at Bridget's friends, at everyone. All we know, her career
was just taking off. A model agency had gotten her
a job in a music video. It was a huge
break for her. Things were looking up, and then suddenly
in a public park she's found dead. Jorge a me.
(02:00):
CBS forty six Atlanta investigative reporter, Karen Greer, private investigator,
former Nashville p D Vincent Hill, and Dr Tiffany Sanders,
renowned psychologists joining us out of Chicago. Let's start with
Karen Greer from CBS forty six. Karen, you've been on
the case from the get go. Tell me what happened
(02:22):
at the very beginning, the very beginning of this story,
Nancy is just still very disturbing to all of us.
We had gotten a call about nineteen year old Bridget Shields,
body strips, naked found in a park in our area,
as you said, and really no clues. She had been
shot multiple times right in the back, as if she
(02:44):
had been, you know, running from someone who had been
chasing her in this park. Um. We talked to friends
of hers who said she was loving, she was sweet,
she had gone out that night. We followed her on
social media, saw her preparing to go out to that night,
and then saw her last Snapchat video where she looked
(03:06):
like she was in the park and she was fine
and she was going to meet someone. Um, and that's
where all the clues seemed to have stopped for police
and and even for us as we tried to get
some answers on this. So she was snapchatting right before
her murder. Yes, she did snapchatting right before her murder.
Her death, I mean she was barefoot running in a park.
(03:27):
We could see that with her and then that was
the last clue. Listen around seven am, this victim was
found in Oakland City Park at thirteen five Oakland Drive.
Um because victim was new, as we reported before and
suffered several gunshot wounds, A little a brief timeline of
(03:48):
her whereabouts. She was last seen the day before at
a friend's house near ten fifteen pm PM near South
Harrison Road and Red and Rode Into Kept. Only later
on that evening she was seen at a Chevron gas
station around PM Memorial Drive and Rockbridge Road with two
(04:09):
black males, one wearing a white T shirt, the other
having to go to and both in the early twenties
and thirty years old. Victim's vehicles discovered June one at
about six am at Riding Road. So that's the timeline.
(04:30):
I think we've reported that before. In regards to the investigation,
were continuing to look at phone records, social media accounts.
Victim associates, friends and family. Who would want Bridget chill dead?
Who would want her dad? Um? What do we know
(04:50):
from the autopsy report? Let's start with that, Karen Greer,
what does it show that autopsy showed that she had
been shot several times in her back? Uh as if
she has said was running away from her killer. Everybody
carrying Greer is at CBS forty six right now, so
you're hearing her newsroom in the background. In case you're
(05:12):
hearing those voices. Um. Just two hours and thirteen minutes
before she was murdered, she talked with a friend on
the phone. Everything was fine, but then just thirty minutes later,
she was in trouble, witnesses tell police. A witness says
she saw Bridget at a shell gas station about twenty
(05:36):
miles in the park where she would very soon be murdered.
Take a listen to what her grandmother says. And I've
heard that she was at a gas station in her car.
She was not driving. She was in the front seat,
but in the passenger side. And I've heard that she
looked very unhappy. That is from Crime Watch. Deally was
(06:00):
in her car. She was not behind the wheel. We
learned that there were two men in her car, possibly
holding her captive. Nobody recognizes these guys at the Shell
gas station. Was she under some type of coercion? Was
(06:22):
she forced into the car according to detectives. Witnesses say
she did not look comfortable. She's sitting in the passenger
seat of her car. She's not in control of the vehicle.
After that, she's found dead in a public park. To
Vincent Hill, private investigator, former Nashville p D, there were
(06:46):
security cameras at the gas station. Did they catch anything
of Bridget's car or who was in it? Nancy? The
best that they were able to determine was one male
black appeared to be between twenty and thirty years old
with the white T shirt, and there was no clear
description of the other individual in the car. And to
(07:08):
your point, yes, there were witnesses that said Bridget did
not appear to be comfortable inside her own vehicle. So,
as an investigator, that tells me this is likely where
the trouble started for Bridget that night. Well, there's another
clue about the car. When the car was found the
day after, they find Bridget's body murdered in a public park.
(07:31):
Some of her clothing was inside her car. Obviously someone
had tried to find to hide the clothing. I guess
that means it was stuffed in the glove compartment or
stuffed under receipt or under something maybe a a a
floor mat. But her clothing was hidden in the car.
So her clothing was forced off of her in that car.
(07:54):
We think, um, we go ahead, Yeah, her her clothing
was in the car. Of course, she was found unfortunately naked.
I did receive a call from a source that was
close to her friend of Bridget, and the allegation was that, uh,
there was an attempt to burn Bridget's body to dispose
(08:15):
of it. So of course the easiest way to do
that is to make sure the body is naked. Uh.
There that hasn't been proven, but again this was a
source from someone close to Bridget. Everyone. The tipline in
this is four oh four five seven seven tips four
zero four five seven seven eight four seven seven to
(08:37):
Karen Greer joining me special guests out of CBS forty six. Karen,
her clothes were in the car. The car was found
not far from the Shell station. Her body was found
miles away in a public part. What does that lead
you to dds? Karen. We were concerned and as police
(09:00):
were when we talked to them about this that you know,
she perhaps knew, she knew who she was with. It
was her vehicle. Um, she was in the passenger seat
and she was driven. She somehow got to that park
where her body was found nude. Then hearing that there
(09:24):
were about seven gunshot wounds to her back, Uh, that
was startling information to hear from the autopsy. And they
were the type of bullets that exploded, uh once they
were fired in your body. So it was as if
it were someone who really didn't want her to be identified.
(09:46):
You know, the fact that she has shot so many
times very disturbing. You know, she's she's in several music videos. UM.
I'm just thinking about how this whole thing went down
and who would have shot her so many times as
(10:08):
she was running, running naked in a public park. What
more do we know about the autopsy report? Um, they
said that the shots to her torso were the ones
that actually caused her death. UM. And they had thought
earlier that she had been dumped at that part, but
(10:30):
upon further review, the police said that I believe it
all happened in the park and she was trying to
get away from whoever committed the murder. I want you
to hear this. Well, we initially thought that that she
was dumped there because her body was just laying there
with nothing, just a new body, no personal belongings, nothing,
(10:55):
so so the original theory was that someone for there
after she was killed and dumped the body. But upon
a further review, we we now believe that the incident
actually happened in the park and she was trying to
flee whoever it was that committed the murder. I mean,
(11:19):
just go ahead, and Nancy, I'm sorry, let me just
have this. I viewed the autopsy and some of those
rounds entered at a downward angle. So that tells me
Bridget was on the ground like we already did, and
someone still stood above her and fired those shots into
her back and into her buttocks. That's very sad, and
(11:40):
it's to me, a crime of rage, a crime of passion.
A gorgeous young girl, Bridget Sells shot while running for
her life. This was just weeks before she planned to
move to Washington, d C. Where she grew up in
a military family. Dan against ballet, playing on the soccer field.
(12:05):
Uh all American girl growing up. At least take a
listen to what her grandmother says. She was live wire,
full of energy, full of life, so so much fun
to be around. And she was very dramatic. If the
sun was shining, she wouldn't say the sun is shining,
(12:26):
she'd said, look at the day. That is from crime
watch deally And in just a matter of seconds, everything
comes to a screeching halt. But in those seconds, she
was terrified, terrified and running for her life. She knew
she was about to be murdered. To Dr Tiffany Sanders,
(12:49):
Chicago Psychologists joining us, I can't even imagine her frame
of mind as she's naked, running through a public park,
run for her life. Dr Tiffany, I'm sure she couldn't
even think straight. Put yourself in her shoes. She's afraid
it's dark. Uh, she she doesn't know where to turn. Um,
(13:11):
her heart is racing, that flight or flight is kicking in,
you know, and and that fear that something is looming
behind you. Uh. It's more than I bet her family
can't even bear to hear. I want you to hear this.
This is harsh but true. I feel worried, sick, and
(13:32):
she may have suffered. I don't know if she was
tortured that. I don't know what happens. Did she hurt,
did they beat her up? You know? How long could
she go that she was gonna die? And I'm worried
that she knew for hours that she might die. It's
(13:55):
feel so guilty the shadow what it could does her
mother angela heart broken? Absolutely, Nancy, It's just disturbing to
even hear the details. But um, and I'm very concerned
because a young lady that comes from a military background,
a sort of all American lifestyle, how would she how
(14:19):
did she get to the point where she's possibly involved,
uh with some unscrupulous people who are doing these things?
You know, it makes me question, um, certain things that
may have happened in her life, who who was mentoring her,
who was guiding her? Uh, you just don't get involved
in these type of activities at nineteen nineteen. You're supposed
(14:41):
to be in uh in college possibly or some sort
of trade school. So there are a lot of questions
that are unanswered. But in that moment, uh, it was
just fear that was likely in her mind, and she
was probably uh knowing that her life was coming to
an end Loo. Can you tell me about r I
P bullets with me? Vincent Hill, private investigator Karen Greer,
(15:03):
investigative reporter with CBS forty and Dr Tiffany Sanders out
of Chicago, Rest in Peace RIP radically invasive projectiles. What
can you tell me about those type of bullets, Vincent Hill? Yeah,
And I think their named appropriately Nancy r I P
because they're designed specifically to explode on impacts. So anytime
(15:30):
something enters your body and explodes, it's meant for mass
destruction and total damage. And obviously that's what happened here
with bridget Well. Another thing, she was shot, as we know,
seven times in the back, legs and buttocks with ripped
rounds r I P radically invasive projectiles. And these bullets
(15:52):
are a little bit like hollow point bullets that explode
inside of you. Uh, they're exploding bullets that leave a
quote snowstorm like shrapnel effect inside your body and no
powder burns. We also know from the autopsy report she
was shot at a distance by a killer on the move.
(16:14):
The gunshot wounds to the torso if she had been
shot thirty six inches or closer, there would have been
powder burns, uh gunshot residue or if even closer there
had been stippling burning from the the heat of the
gun and the gunshot powder. Um. When you look at
(16:36):
the path of the bullets, Vincent, they were all to
the back side of her, So you're convinced she was
definitely running away and then likely shot on the ground. Yeah. Absolutely,
I mean there are no no ones to the to
the front of Bridget. Uh. So again you have to
think she's she's neked. She's in this park, it's dark,
(16:59):
So she was definitely running. She was definitely afraid, and
unfortunately this killer was able to uh get on target,
per se and and kill Bridget. So again the rounds
that interneted downward spiral tells me she was already on
the ground like we did, or just about to that
(17:19):
point when that occurred. Well, wouldn't you call this overkill?
Seven bullets? I mean, wait, they had to kill her
seven times? Over Yeah, absolutely, Nancy, I mean, any one
of those rounds one by itself could have killed Bridget.
To do it six more times was just nothing but overkill.
And again to me, it was rage interesting. Her fingernails.
(17:43):
Karen Greer joining me from CBS forty were absolutely perfect,
almost as if she were doing a hand add in
a magazine. She just had her nails and they were
absolutely perfect. And what is intriguing about that is there
was no fight her, Her nails were not torn off.
(18:04):
We don't know of any DNA under her nails. Nothing.
But police did tell me, Nancy in an interview months later,
that they did find some DNA in her coon that
they thought could help them identify the person who was responsible.
Will this then turn out to be a d NA
case as of right now, no arrests and no leads.
(18:27):
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address the fact that DNA was found in Bridget's car
and what they may that may mean to the case.
But first I want to talk about her boyfriend. He
(20:22):
has not been formally named a suspect or a person
of interest in the case, although he considers himself the
prime suspect. Listen, did the police say that you were
a suspect? They said it was a sect, said it
was the number one suspect, this one suspect, So it
was the number one suspect, and everybody thought I did it.
But why would the police say that you're the number
(20:43):
one suspect and they think that you did it? What
did they tell you that they had on you? Um?
Me being the most recent person that she was with.
That's all they can tell me. Do the cops still
consider you their prime suspect? Uh? Date, I'm highly doubt that.
I highly doubt that I'm the prime suspect now because
(21:04):
when they called me back the second time to the
precinct and they were like, everybody thinks you did it.
I was, okay, Bro, I'm gonna sue his whole entire
tchituways and you can put us on me. Yeah, I'm
very confident. Like, Bro, I know some good lawyers, some
of the top followers in the US. Right now, Man,
I wish you would put goes with me, bro, Like
I would love to call them. I would love the
(21:24):
places call brout and they walked out and they can
maybe sorry, you can leave. Have they told you they've
ruled you out. No, but it doesn't bother me. Don't
bother me at all. It doesn't bother I don't even
think twice about it. I don't even think twice about
being a sussible. That is from Crime Watch Daily, interviewing
the boyfriend. So often when I prosecuted feel any cases
(21:47):
in inner city Atlanta, if I had access to a
nine on one call, I would play it for the
jury so they could hear the victim or go back
to the moment an incident occurred. Now, this is a
normal one call that Bridget herself made regarding fearing her
boyfriend and wanting help. He is not a suspect or
(22:11):
person of interest in her murder. But listen to Bridget
shield my mom, would you to the emergency um um place?
There was staying an order on the mark? Were you
have thought it in anyway? And what was this person
to you? He was my boyfriend. Okay, I don't want
you guys to go to this because he said they're
not calling. But there's a nine one call of Bridget
(22:34):
saying that you had her. I'm not aware of that.
I've never heard no call. I've never heard any of this.
I've never heard no calud and we're we'll be happy
to show you. But how do how do you not
know about this report? I mean, this is how do
you not know? Bridget this is nine one? She really called.
She really caused my fantasy. She called the cops. I mean, seriously,
you don't know this? How How was the person who
(22:56):
say you're in love with do this and you have
no idea who's living with you? I wasn't aware of this.
This is man. I really still want to see that.
I want to don't interview bro, I want to see
what you're talking on. That is from Crime Watch Dly
interviewing the boyfriend. Um, I want to go back to
the d n A that Karen Greer CBS forty six
(23:19):
is telling us about. Karen, do we know where the
DNA was? Could it have been innocent DNA? Why? Why
do you think this may hold the key to the killer? Well,
it didn't appear to be innocent because the police detective
that I talked to said that they believe the DNA
belongs to the killer, but they've had a problem connecting
(23:39):
that DNA with a suspect um, So that leads us
to believe that something was left behind. We have some
DNA from the scene, and we noted it is male DNA.
So we're hoping that at some point we'll we'll get
the DNA match to that person, and uh, sometimes it
(24:04):
takes a while. At a recent memorial service in Washington,
d C. Bridget was remembered as one of a kind,
a fashionista that loved everybody and hoping to crack into
the world of modeling and fashion. Let's think this through.
(24:29):
Police now looking for two men last seen with Bridget
in her car outside a Shell Station convenience store. One
had on a white T shirt with a goatee and
was seen yelling at her. Shortly after, this girl's body
was found full of bullets rest in peace, bullets, radically
(24:55):
invasive projectiles. Now detectives are exploring every avenue, every avenue.
But what we know from the autopsy, there was no
sex attack Vincent Hill, That's correct, Nancy. There was no
signs of any sexual assault that night, just unfortunately the
(25:17):
homicide to Bridget shield mm. Now. Another thing we know
is she had a college fund set up that the
family was hoping she would use to reinvent herself and
start over in college. I'm thinking about this girl's life
(25:37):
and what that can mean to the investigation into her death. Also,
what do we know about the DNA vincent Hill What
can you tell us about CODIS regarding the DNA and
APHIS regarding the fingerprints. Yeah, so of course that there's
a match to the DNA, CODIS could tie that and
(25:58):
of course most states now as if you're arrested and
convicted of a felony, you have to give DNA samples. Now,
the problem here is if this individual has never been
arrested or never fingerprinted, uh, there may be difficulty tying
that DNA to anyone. My suspicion is, if you're cold
enough to shoot someone seven times, chances are you've been
(26:21):
involved with law enforcement before, you're known to law enforcement.
So I would suspect that that DNA is on file
for someone and hopefully it leads to bridgets killer convincing.
You're absolutely right. That's one of the things that detectives said.
It could take a while. Usually they are able to
track it down, but sometimes it takes them a while
to get those DNA matches. If the person is not
(26:43):
in the system, if they don't have a previous felony record.
I mean in a lot of states. Here, DNA doesn't
go in the system unless you have a felony. Some
states don't include misdemeanor crimes. But then there's also aphis
for fingerprints, where any fingerprints found in the car? Everybody,
for those of you just joining us here at series
X two, Kring Greer from CBS forty six, Vincent Hill
(27:07):
private investigator, and Dr Tiffany Sanders, Chicago psychologists joining us
as we investigate the murder of a beautiful nineteen year
old girl who had just launched her modeling career with
a music video, Bridget Shiel Too Caring Greer, CBS forty six.
(27:28):
Any fingerprints in the car? Uh? They mentioned no finger
Prince Nancy that they could identify as as being anything
that shouldn't have been there, you know, and you talked
about Bridget being beautiful. She just graduated from high school
not you know, months before, and was really trying to
get started and do cosmetology training. She wanted to do
(27:50):
hair and to do nails, so that was something she
was looking forward to. Um how her life was just
stopped so quickly and her young life is still something
that police are looking to solve very quickly. They'd hope
to have something by the end of last year. Now
we're in another year and they still have no more
(28:11):
leads than they had before. Do you think her case
is being neglected, Karen? I would hate to say that, Nancy,
because the detective I spoke with tearfully talk to me.
It's something he thought of his daughter, um and he
said he didn't want to rest until her killer was found.
And he's about to retire from the force. Actually, you
know what's so ironic to Dr Tiffany Sanders. Her motto
(28:36):
was she lived and loved and laughed and left. That
was her motto. It's almost like she predicted her death
and demise early. UM, live, love and left. Wow. Uh
And and it's a it's a great inspiring model, right,
I'm gonna live and I'm gonna love. But she left
(28:57):
too early. And for some who had a college fund,
for someone uh to you know, move to another location
to start their life and to be involved in school
and and early job opportunities is very exciting. But at
least me to question who uh guided her off track,
(29:17):
who exposed her to these individuals who likely uh shot
her in the back while she was fearing not likely
they did shoot her in the back, as she's feared
for her life. So I'm concerned that we're overlooking who
possibly is influencing this young lady at eighteen nineteen. You're
(29:39):
very impressionable, You're you're looking for guidance. Someone guided her
off track and unfortunately, uh, it costed her. It costs
her life, and and something that we should really be
concerned about. Just wondering what, if anything that surveillance video
can show. I know her family is heartbroken. Take a
listen what her grandmother says. I spoke to her the
(30:03):
day before she was murdered. I had sent her money
because she needed a place to stay. She wanted to
not stay with Kevin and go stay in a motel.
I wanted her to be able to do that. On
the day that she was murdered. She had texted me
that morning, darling, I love you, and she had also called,
(30:28):
but somehow my phone got turned off, so I missed
her call. I miss her every day. I think of
her every day. I just wish she was still here.
I think she had a lot of growing up to do,
and I wish she'd been given the chance to grow up.
(30:48):
I will miss her forever. That was Bridget's grandmother who
spoke to her just the day before that evening. Um
Her mom, Angela, says her daughter's friend said the two
were getting together that night to go to a party together,
(31:08):
but that never happened. The friend says Bridget got into
her car, said she'd be right back, and that was
the last she saw of her. How did she end
up in the car with these two guys, one allegedly
yelling at her? What changed? And why can't I ask you?
(31:30):
Vincent Hill? Are police so convinced that she was actually
murdered in the park, not just dumped there. Well, Nancy,
it's interesting that originally the the belief was that she
was dumped there. However, once she started going back and
looking at things, there was a call around one thirty
(31:51):
in that park, uh of shots fired. The Staton snapchat
kind of ties her to the park, so I think
police were able to start putting that together to say
this is where the murder actually occurred. And plus there
were witnesses that said they saw a young female matching
bridgets description in the park area just before the shooting,
(32:13):
So I think police were able to tie that to
say that's where the murders actually occurred, according to police
investigator Vincent Velasquez. He insists that she was shot in
the park, that there was no evidence that her body
had been attempted to be burned, that she was not
(32:35):
on the ground when she was shot, that they believe
she was running from her attacker at that time. He
claims that those reports have a negative impact on the family.
To me, those are things left to be determined by
the autopsy. You can't really tell about angles and trajectory
(32:57):
paths unless you're perform mean the autopsy. Listen. There's no
evidence to suggest that bridget Shield was shot while on
the ground. There's no, excuse me, no evidence to suggest
that the killer's plan on burning her body, uh it
to suggests that is speculation. There's no evidence to suggest,
(33:21):
excuse me, that her tattoos had anything to do with
what happened to this victim. A lot of speculation surrounding
this case. But the video, the video to carrying Greer
CBS forty six, What specifically does the video show, which
I was very afraid, a very nervous bridget Shield. It
(33:43):
shows two gentlemen who are very forceful with her, who
obviously we're not there to help her, assist her, make
her comfortable. It shows a very suspicious scene, nothing that
would if if it were daylight, people would probably be
concerned about. But with it being late at night, that
(34:05):
gas station, Memorial Drive and Rockbridge Drive and decapp County. Uh,
it's it's an area that you know, it's frequently people
going past there all the time, but really nobody paying attention.
So it's interesting that they she was. The car was
ditched behind a cell phone tower in Stone Mountains, several
(34:26):
miles from that crime scene. Later on a police able
to find it and you know, trying to still find
whoever committed that murder. It was Major Adam Lee, the
third of Atlanta Police, the homicide detective, who said he
wanted to solve this um he thought of his own child.
But he's retiring this year, so this is one of
(34:48):
those cases that he was very upset. He's not able
to find a conclusion to to find out who murdered
this young, beautiful girl. And all Bridges mom can do
now is wonder, wonder what her daughter's last moments must
have been like. And she says, and I'm quoting, that's
the worst part of all this, How did Bridget feel
(35:09):
during the time when she was running. She wanted to
be a model, She had a lot of friends. She
was the type of young girl who could go out,
not know anyone and walk away and everybody would be
her friend. I don't think I can get past this
point of grieving until someone has been found. What does
(35:29):
that say to you, Dr Tiffany Sanders, Well, Nancy, it's
a trauma. It's a trauma that happened to her family.
It's overwhelming and it's difficult for her to process that.
If if my young daughter beautiful, full of joy and
loving and she trusted individuals, I don't know who to trust,
(35:50):
I don't know if I should trust her friends her enemy.
So it's very overwhelming and that level of grief is
difficult to manage. Um, you know, all you can do
and hope and pray is that she gets some sort
of peace, knowing that the police are still actively pursuing
this investigation and that it has not left in my
(36:10):
minds of residents and family and friends in Atlanta. Again,
the tip line four oh four or five seven seven
tips you know another irony to Karen Greer with CBS
forty six he's been on the case from the very beginning.
That music video that she had just done, Uh, it
(36:30):
was big Ya video and the translation is open fire.
That's what the translation to that is open fire. Yes,
it is. As Dr Tiffany has said, you know, it
appears she almost knew. There were some signs that she
(36:51):
would not make it to UM. Some of the things
that perhaps the crowd she was running with. Dr Tiffany
talked about who who had her out there and it
changed her course in high school. UM kids talked about
she was a quiet girl who's smart. UM, she'd done
very well in high school and it appears started running
with the wrong crowd that UM really put her in danger.
(37:16):
Perhaps some were saying, and Vincent can speak to this,
that she may have seen some things that she shouldn't
have seen, and there were people that didn't want her
to ever talk about it. UM. There were so many
stories out there. We got calls from people who said
they were friends and and they knew who might have
done it, and that the person left town. So police
(37:39):
telling us that they had so many calls about this case.
And then why is it still cold? That's what I
want to know. With all the calls and all the
information DNA in the car. Why is the case still unsolved?
Why is Bridget's mother still unable to move forward because
no one has been caught And the murder of her
(38:00):
little girl, the girl who is an amber Rose lookalike. Um,
let me say, a young amber Rose found naked in
a park, her body riddled with bullets. I don't. I
just don't get power a lot. I'm gonna get what
(38:23):
she should have done, right, I really don't. I can't
think of any reason, not even one. We are back
in the investigation in the murder of a teen girl
found naked and riddled with bullets in a public park.
Back to Vincent Hill, private investigator. I'm I'm looking at
(38:47):
the surveillance video at that at the shell station of
her car. What do you think about the car? What
clues can we get from that? What assumptions can we
make about the car? Well? What it tells me, Nancy,
Quite frankly, it's it's someone that was familiar with that area,
that may have lived in that area. I don't find
a coincidence that the car was found just about three
(39:08):
miles from that shell station behind the restaurant against somebody
that knew the area in the car was at least
twenty five miles from where the murders occurred. So somebody
purposely drove that car there to get away from the
crime scene, to get closer to their residents. And I
think that's the circle where investigators should be looking at.
(39:31):
I'm sure they are looking at, but it's very important.
Who who drives twenty five miles if they live by
the park con versus dumping the car by the park?
Also interesting the car had a dent in the passengers
side bump her um, I wonder what if anything that means,
if it's connected to this. We know that she suffered
(39:52):
multiple gunshot wounds to her back, buttocks, and legs. Did
she ever even turn around? A license plate reader camera
picked up a red Ford Fusion registered to her near
Roswell and north Ridge Roads. That's twenty five miles from
the scene. Now, how the car came to pass through
(40:13):
that area at an even greater distance from the ultimate
whereabouts of the car owners is yet to be understood.
I mean, when you're talking about north Ridge Road and
Roswell Road, that's a long way from Stone Mountain. Where
was this car taken Vincent Hill and why, Yeah, absolutely, Nancy.
(40:34):
And here's what's ironic about Roswell and north Ridge where
that car was seen on the surveillance camera. The house
that was rented out by Kevin McKinney, the bridget sealed
portion at the time, was in that area. So that
car was going in the route towards Kevin McKinney's mother's house.
(40:55):
So it's ironic coincidence. Maybe not that Bridget's car after
she was killed was seen going towards Kevin McKinney's mother's house.
That's a huge clue in my mind. It's a huge
red flag in this Yeah. As I always say, there's
a coincidence in criminal law. Back to Karen Greer CBS
(41:18):
forty six, Karen is the boyfriend a person of interest.
It's my understanding he's not been formally named a person
of interest or suspect in this case. He has not, Nancy,
he has never been named a person of interest or
a suspect, but he has said in interviews, several interviews,
he is the main suspect. He's the one everybody's looking at.
(41:39):
He broke down crying when he was asked about her
and said he if he were there in that park
in Oakland Park that night, he would have taken those
bullets for her. So, um, yes, it's a very interesting situation.
He had a new girlfriend. Um, he had a child
by that that woman. There were even reports early on
(42:01):
that perhaps Bridget was pregnant. The autopsy did not show pregnancy,
but um, Vincent Hill and I had learned that perhaps
she had had an abortion before that. Speaking of the
boyfriend from Crime Watch Daily listened to this. Her autopsy
(42:21):
showed that she was not pregnant. So what's the truth.
I'm still even know where Bridget was still pregnant or not,
but I'm pretty sure she was. I'm pretty sure it was. Yeah,
that Bridget was carrying your child. You know, I'm pretty
sure it was. There's no denying when I know for
a fact. And what was your discussion with Bridget about
(42:42):
this child on the way? It was two text message
and I was at the mother of my child, and
I had to basically like so Bridget, like I don't
believe you. Like I had to play it off because
I was trying to be a family man and I
don't want to lose my son because when we get
crazy with these type of things. The rumor after that
is that Bridget ended the pregnancy, but it was a rumor.
(43:05):
She would never be able to substantiate the story. Nancy
is just there's still so many unanswered questions in this
case that police are asking for any help they can
to help solve it. To Dr Tiffany Sanders, Chicago psychologist,
why aren't people coming forward with evidence? Well, Nancy, she
was found running through park and shot seven times in
(43:27):
the back. That's not a typical murder. As events alluded to,
there was some sort of rage and passionate anger. So
to hear that it wasn't some sort of random drive by,
but that she was targeted in that heinous way, it
would frighten many people from wanting to speak up and
to be involved in any sort of investigation for their
(43:48):
own lives. The world being uh So, it makes sense.
It's it's not the best thing, but it definitely makes
sense why people may be quiet. Where does it stand
now to carrying career CBS forty six, We are trying
to ignite the cold case of a murdered teen girl,
Bridget Shield with the world in front of her. She
(44:09):
had just gotten an offer to star in the music video,
her dreams were coming true, her life cut short in
a horrible way. Karen Career, CBS forty six. Where does
it all stand now when Nancy Atlanta? Police are hoping
some witnesses from that store that saw Shield and those
(44:30):
men will come forward with some information. They said at
least three, four or five even people went into that store,
purchased something, went out and may have seen her. Um,
and they may know who those guys are. The guys
may have been regulars at the store because, as Vincent said,
they knew that area. So police are hoping that will
help them, and they're also helping that something comes back
(44:54):
eventually on that DNA found in the car and on
the crime scene. So that's they are with this. They're
just waiting for something to break free in this case.
I want you to hear this. Let me ask you this,
and we got to be very clear now this is
on the record. Did you Kevin had anything to do
(45:16):
with the murder of Bridget Shield. No, not at all.
I woke up to finding out that she got killed.
I got the call and I just hook on tears. Um.
I don't know what to do. It was the most
crazy craziest. I don't know where unexpected thing that ever
(45:38):
happened in my life because no matter what, is this
heartbreaking to me? Man, because that was the woman that
I probably would have been married to. So yeah, bridget
world alive today, you're saying you'd be with her. Yeah,
I want married man. I gol have a ring on
anything right now, bro, like a very expensive ring on
(45:58):
finger right now. If you have any information regarding the
death of this young girl, Brigitte Shiel, please call crime
Stoppers at four zero four five seven seven Tips four
zero four five seven seven t I P. S. Nancy Grace,
(46:19):
Crime Stories, signing off, good bye friend,
Host
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