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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2014
- Nationality
- American
- Checked
Jr. William Bradford Bishop
The FBI lists Jr. William Bradford Bishop, an American national, on its Wanted list (notice published in 2014). The notice says William Bradford Bishop is wanted for: Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Murder With a Blunt Instrument.
He is described as weighing about 82 kg, with brown eyes and brown hair. Distinguishing marks noted by the agency: Bishop has a six-inch vertical surgical scar on his lower back. Born on 1 August 1936 in Pasadena, California, he would now be 90.
Charges, as published
- Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution - Murder With a Blunt Instrument
Case details, as published by FBI
William Bradford Bishop, Jr. is wanted for allegedly bludgeoning to death his wife (age 37), mother (age 68), and three sons (ages 5, 10 and 14) in Bethesda, Maryland, on March 1, 1976. He then allegedly transported their bodies to Columbia, North Carolina, where he buried the bodies in a shallow grave and lit them on fire. In March of 1976, Bishop was charged locally with murder by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in Rockville, Maryland, and then charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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