Tour group finds missing woman’s body in Alaska, officials say. Husband is charged

A tour group stumbled upon a girl’s physique alongside an Alaska freeway, officers mentioned. Now her husband is charged with homicide.

Robert Bridges reported his spouse, Kimberly, lacking from their Fox, Alaska, house on Oct. 25, 2021, Alaska State Troopers mentioned.

“Troopers started a radical seek for Kimberly, nevertheless, they have been unable to find her,” the Alaska Division of Public Security mentioned in a report. “The character of the report was extremely suspicious.”

Earlier than his spouse was reported lacking, Robert Bridges had rented totally different automobiles and was seen with a mattress folded in half and sure collectively within the mattress of a U-Haul pickup truck, the Anchorage Each day Information reported.

Kimberly Bridges’ daughter advised state troopers a textual content message she acquired from her mother’s cellphone two days earlier than she was reported lacking appeared suspicious, in keeping with the information outlet.

Officers had been trying to find Kimberly Bridges, 65, for months when a tour group found a physique. The group discovered human stays off of a freeway close to the Yukon River bridge on Might 25, officers mentioned.

The stays have been recognized because the lacking girl, and her physique was despatched for an post-mortem, troopers mentioned. The State Medical Examiner decided her loss of life was a murder.

Robert Bridges, 59, was arrested and charged with homicide on June 10, officers mentioned. He’s held on a $1 million bail.

A preliminary listening to is about for June 21, in keeping with Alaska Native Information.