Records illustrate murder suspect’s steamy relationship with retired MPD detective
Bridgett Stafford appears in Criminal Court Judge Chris Craft’s courtroom Jan. 29, 2020. Stafford was indicted by a grand jury and charged with theft of property between $1,000 and $2,500. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Marc Perrusquia
Marc Perrusquia is the director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, where graduate students learn investigative and explanatory journalism skills working alongside professionals. He's won numerous state and national awards for government watchdog, social justice and political reporting. Follow the Institute on Facebook or Twitter @psr_memphis.
"I first met him in the interrogation room when I was arrested for accessory after the fact – first-degree murder,’’ Bridgett Stafford told investigators.
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