Sprite bottle connects convicted killer to murder of Atlanta teen

In this episode of Crime Watch Daily Updates: Bridget Shiel was an athletic beauty who dreamt of bigger and better things when she moved from Washington, D.C. to Atlanta. She became a model, but also worked as an escort with a Backpage account.

Although Bridget went to Atlanta for a new start, it’s unfortunately where her life came to an untimely end.

On May 30, 2016, surveillance footage from a gas station shows Bridget with two men in her car, though she wasn’t driving. A witness told police she appeared “extremely nervous.” This was at about 11:30 p.m.

At 1:30 a.m., a resident called 911 to report gunshots near Oakland Park. Hours later, just before 7 a.m., police discovered Bridget’s naked body. She had been shot seven times with something called “radically invasive projectiles,” aka “R.I.P. bullets,” which create fragments and expand once they’ve made impact.

Police found her car the next day about 20 miles away from the park along with a Sprite bottle and some of her clothing. The Sprite turned out to be the big break investigators needed.

Exactly two years after her death, Atlanta Police announced they arrested Christopher Spencer and charged him with murder. He was in custody already because he had previously been convicted and sentenced to life for killing a couple in October 2016. Christopher was also involved in the shooting death of an 11-year-old girl and her 15-year-old brother.

He appealed the conviction for killing the couple, but the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the ruling.

Let’s look back at the case of a young woman whose life was cut short right as it was about to begin.