American woman Peggy Sue Hall of Lauderdale Co.pleads guilty to capital murder of former husband

Son pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit murder

By Edward Era Barbacena

Lauderdale County authorities have charged Peggy Sue Hall with Capital Murder in the death of Randall Bobo.

Deputies responded to a home on County Road 130 near the Tennessee State Line on Wednesday morning. That’s where they found Bobo dead.

Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly said Peggy Sue Hall pleaded guilty to capital murder and will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole. He said she was arrested in 2019 after she shot and killed her ex-husband, Randall Steve Bobo, at the request of their son, Randall Coty Bobo.

The prosecutor said the younger Bobo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder on Thursday. He will spend the next 21 months behind bars as part of a 20-year split sentence. He received credit for time already spent in jail.

Connolly explained the younger Bobo was arrested in 2019 for stealing his father’s truck. He said Bobo was arrested for that theft and became angry with his father. From jail, Connolly said Randall Coty Bobo convinced his mother to kill the older Bobo. The DA said the two later went to Randall Steve Bobo’s home, where Hall shot him.

“We do know also that there were some kids in the residence where it happened at,” said Chief Deputy Richard Richey. “So that’s really bad when two kids are there.”

Investigators told WHNT News 19 the Hall was still on the property when they arrived.

“There was no problem with taking her into custody. When I arrived on the scene, she was already in custody sitting in the back seat of a patrol car,” said Richey.

Hall was immediately transferred to the Lauderdale County Detention Center. She’s being held without bond.