In an emotional news conference Wednesday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall opened up about his wife's personal struggles. Surrounded by friends and family, including his daughter, Marshall fought back tears for nearly 15 minutes as he described Bridgette Marshall's battle with depression, anxiety, opioids and the political spotlight. He said he felt compelled to come forward after discovering his 21-year-old daughter reading an article detailing her mother's self-inflicted shooting death in an apartment in Murfreesboro, Tennessee."I watched my daughter read a reckless article last night that disclosed the circumstances of how Bridgette died and where," Steve Marshall said. "And I watched my daughter's tears."The attorney general said his wife shied away from the limelight."Bridgette is not a public figure. I am. She didn't want the limelight, she didn't want to be in front. She always was behind, and for Faith to suffer through that last night, as a father, it angered me and it angered our family. And so, when we should have been sharing stories of Bridgette's life as a family, we were talking about how to respond. Because that story was only filled with half-truths. It's not the full story of how it is we stand here so sad today. And what it gave rise to was the opportunity for rumor, for gossip and for people to say things that were reckless. And we weren't going to stand for that, and as a dad, I'm not gonna let my daughter go through that."He said Bridgette, who will be buried in the dress she purchased for her daughter's upcoming wedding, was the third member of his family to commit suicide.“If I wasn’t attorney general, would she still be alive? I’ll be haunted with that the rest of my life," he said.Steve Marshall said he hopes Bridgette's story may help other families and let a "person who felt like Bridgette did on Sunday morning to know that there is hope and there are people who love them."