On Sunday morning April 27th at approximately 1:00am Morrison, Tenn., resident Bridgette Haley died of blunt-force trauma to her head and upper body in Franklin County. The suspect Robert Troy Whipple, 47 of Winchester has not been charged with her slaying because the site where the homicide took place has not yet been identified.
The 46 year-old Haley, was found after law enforcement stopped the car her body was found in on Chase Bend Road in Estill Springs following a pursuit that started outside of Decherd, traveled the back roads to the outer Tullahoma City limits and back to Estill Springs.
Whipple ran after police stopped the vehicle he was driving and then fought with officers. After being captured Whipple was booked into the Franklin County jail where he remains.