Robert Troy Whipple
Bridgette HaleyInvestigators in Franklin County, Tenn., have been waiting since April to hear if Robert Troy Whipple, 47, would be charged with murder after a woman was found beaten to death in the passenger seat of his car.
On Monday, a grand jury came through with the charges: one count of first-degree murder, one count of felony murder and one count of especially aggravated kidnapping, according to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller said it’s a relief for the case to finally reach a conclusion.
“I’m glad that we’re able to finally build a charge on this case,” he said.
On April 27, Whipple led officers on a car and foot chase around Franklin County, eventually slashing one officer with a knife before police apprehended him. It was then that they found 46-year-old Bridgette Haley’s remains in Whipple’s car. It appeared she had been beaten to death.