Tina Hall-McClain, of Bridgeport, is turning her personal heartbreak into a mission to save lives following the tragic discovery of her son's body at Beardsley Park over the weekend.
"Bunnell's Pond was always a place of peace for my son," she said. "I am at peace now knowing that he was found here, in a place that he loved."
Police have identified the deceased as 38-year-old Stephen Hall, of Bridgeport.
Two local fishermen discovered his body on Sunday in Bunnell's Pond, an area his mother described as his favorite place of peace.
While authorities have not yet released an official cause of death, Hall-McClain shared that her son battled severe, lifelong depression.