Bridget

Bridget Season 1 Episode 1

Name: Bridget Kelly

Age: 24 (at time of event)

Date: June 2002

Location: Killeen, Texas

Survived: Rape, Home invasion, Robbery, Abduction, Attempted Murder

Co-victims: None

Co-survivors: None

Perpetrator(s): Unnamed

Family: Unknown

Occupation: Teacher

Reason for survival: "I survived because of the love of family, because of not giving up, because of fighting back" -Bridget

Bridget is the first person to appear in the series. In June of 2002, in Killeen, Texas, Bridget went into her apartment, inside a gate complex. While getting ready for bed, she heard a loud “boom” at the front wall of her apartment. When she looked out her peephole, she saw a man running towards her door, he then kicked the door, breaking through two locks and a chain, hitting her in the face and knocking her backwards. The man then entered the apartment, pointed a gun at her and demanded money. He then took her to an ATM to take more money, after he drove her to a field and sexually assaulted her. After, he tells her to turn away from him and he shoots her for the first time, in the back, and she falls, pretending that she is dead. He then walks up to her and shoots her a second time, this one going through her lower back, hitting her colon, stomach, diaphragm, liver, and spleen. He then begins to walk away before turning around and shooting her for a third time. After he drives away Bridget gets up and makes it to some nearby homes and is able to get help. Bridget's attacker was caught when he returned to the scene to show her dead body off to his friends. He was convicted of rape, kidnapping and attempted murder and sentenced to life plus 40 years.

Links:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/survivor-faces-rape-without-shame/

https://houston.culturemap.com/news/entertainment/07-22-12-/

https://youtu.be/JlUAMR9E4yQ