Using a tragic experience to help others in heartbreaking situations, family and friends of a father of four killed in Jacksonville Beach are placing toy boxes at police departments so kids have something to do when they’re at the station.
They’re named after 3-year-old Bexley Bridegan. She was in the back seat of her father’s SUV in February when someone shot him several times, killing him. Bexley Bridegan, who was 2 at the time, wasn’t hurt. Officers rushed her to the police station after the murder.
Without knowing the back story, you’d never guess the unimaginable trauma Bexley Bridegan’s been through. Those painful hours at the station inspired Kirsten Bridegan to create the first Bexley Box for Jacksonville Beach police, a kit they could keep for kids in all kinds of situations. “About the most I had was a squishy police car with some crayons and a coloring book and that’s all we had,” she told News4JAX. “And to have teddy bears, puzzles, coloring books, snacks, we were buying stuff out of the vending machine to give her a drink and a snack. To have the box to go to that night would have been terrific.”
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