An Alabama woman was arrested Monday for killing a father who texted for help nearly a decade ago and was never seen or heard from again.
Bridgette Matthews, 42, was indicted on murder charges by a grand jury for the May 2014 killing of Charles “Bubba” Jackson Jr., who disappeared from her Mobile home.
Jackson, a father of three sons, was reported missing by his girlfriend and the mother of his youngest child. His last known correspondence was a one-word text that read “HELP” to his girlfriend.
Prosecutors believe Matthews ambushed Jackson and hid her body — which was never found — with the help of another person who is still at large, Fox10 News reported.
Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood told the station that longtime uncooperative witnesses are finally talking to investigators about what they know about Jackson’s death and that new physical evidence has been discovered.
“A lot of evidence has been found,” he said. “This is the first in what we believe will be several arrests.”
Bridgette Matthews has been indicted by a grand jury on murder charges for the 2014 disappearance and presumed murder of Charles “Bubba” Jackson Jr. NBC 15 News
Matthews — who has a lengthy criminal record with several stints at the Metro Jail, according to Fox10 — was dating the brother of Jackson’s girlfriend at the time, according to the victim’s sister, Kisha Logan.
Logan said his family had never given up hope that his brother’s killer would be brought to justice but was still shocked when he got the call that an arrest had been made after nine years.
He said the news brought a fresh feeling for him and his niece after so many years.
Matthews is believed to have an accomplice in Jackson’s murder and more arrests are expected soon. NBC News 15
“We cried. We laughed. I mean it’s really just a whirlwind of different emotions,” Logan told The Post.
Jackson’s eldest son, who was 11 at the time of his father’s disappearance and is now 21, is “excited” that his father will finally get justice, he added.
“We never really gave up,” Logan said.
Jackson is a father of three sons — the eldest of whom was just 11 years old when he disappeared. She is now 21 years old.Courtesy of Kisha LoganJackson’s body has never been found.NBC 15 News
After nearly a decade of waiting for answers, Logan said, he hopes he doesn’t have to wait much longer for others he believes played a role in his brother’s death to be arrested.
“I just want everyone involved to enjoy their day. I want to know in detail what happened to my brother,” he said.
Logan is four years older than Jackson and says he was the one who gave him the nickname “Bubba” when he came home from the hospital with the chubbiest baby cheeks reminiscent of Hubba Bubba’s soft, chewy gummy cheeks.
Jackson’s sister, Kisha Logan, said she wanted her brother’s killers to know that they had taken someone who was loved and loved by many. courtesy of Kisha Logan
“He’s a great guy,” she said of her brother. “He cares. He’s funny — always joking … He’s a very, very relaxed person. He is a big bear.”
Logan said he wants those responsible for his brother’s death to know that they have taken away someone who was loved by so many people.
“And I want everyone involved to know that they’re not just taking someone who doesn’t have a family and [wasn’t] loved because he has many families and he is loved very much,” he said.
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