Man held without bail in killing of ex-Olympic chiropractor

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A 21-year-old Rhode Island man has appeared in court on charges that he fatally stabbed a prominent former chiropractor who’d worked at two Olympic games.

Owen Morris appeared in district court in Providence Tuesday to face a first-degree murder charge. He did not enter a plea and was ordered held without bail.

Authorities say he killed 67-year-old Clive Bridgham, who’d worked at the Rio and Salt Lake City Olympic Games. Bridgham’s body was discovered Jan. 11 in his East Providence home.

Morris’s lawyer didn’t comment on the charges after the hearing.

Bridgham was a sports medicine specialist who had practiced for over 30 years, and was director of a sports medicine clinic.

He voluntarily surrendered his license in 2016 after a 19-year-old patient complained that he had violated professional boundaries.