Bridgett Etheridge

First Name: Bridgett
Last Name: Etheridge
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
hoe
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say. . .that the said Bridgett Etheridge aforesaid came to her death from a blow on her head with a [?] Hoe thereby fracturing the scull bone at the hands of Bill Gasten

COD Short Description: 
hit with hoe
Original Record: 
3857

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