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WILLIAM BRADFORD BISHOP, JR.

Crime · Wanted
TypePerson[sources]
NameWILLIAM BRADFORD BISHOP, JR. · WILLIAM BRADFORD JR BISHOP[sources]
Other nameBrad Bishop · Bradford Bishop · W. Bradford Bishop · William Bradford Bishop · William Bradford Bishopp[sources]
Weak aliasJr.[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthPASADENA, CALIFORNIA · Pasadena, California[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityUnited States[sources]
CountryUnited States[sources]
Eye colorBRO · Brown[sources]
First nameWILLIAM BRADFORD JR[sources]
Hair colorBrown (in 1976) · GRY[sources]
Height1.85 · 6'1" (in 1976)[sources]
Last nameBISHOP[sources]
Physical appearanceBishop has a six-inch vertical surgical scar on his lower back.[sources]
Weight180 pounds (in 1976) · 82[sources]
PositionUnited States Government Foreign Service Officer (in 1976)[sources]
EthnicityWhite[sources]
Source linkws-public.interpol.int · www.fbi.gov[sources]
Last changeLast processedFirst seen

Descriptions

BISHOP has a cleft chin and a surgical scar on his lower back.

— INTERPOL Red Notices,

Languages: English, French, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish

— US FBI Most Wanted,

NCIC: W904681473

— US FBI Most Wanted,

Bishop was, and may still be, an avid outdoorsman, camper, and hiker. He had extensive camping experience in Africa. He also enjoyed canoeing, fishing, swimming, jogging, tennis, skiing and riding motorcycles. Bishop enjoyed working out several times a week. He was also a licensed amateur pilot who learned to fly in Botswana, Africa.

— US FBI Most Wanted,

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.

— US FBI Most Wanted,

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Data sources

US FBI Most Wanted440

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

United States · FBI

INTERPOL Red Notices6,648

International arrest warrants published by INTERPOL with a view to extradition of the wanted individuals.

INTERPOL

Source data IDs: interpol-red-1976-371 · us-fbi-william-bradford-bishop-jr

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