Richard Bradley Jr.Photo:Maleng Regional Justice Center
Maleng Regional Justice Center
Blake’s buried body was found in May 2021 in a park in Auburn, Wash., the charging documents state. Also found within 30 feet of Blake’s remains were three rib bones, which belonged to a different person, per the documents.
Bradley was charged with Blake’s murder that month. The rib bones were later determined to be those of Emilio Maturin, who had been reported missing in 2019, authorities say.
Bradley is now also facing murder charges in the shooting deaths of Michael Goeman and Vance Lakey, who were found dead in a different park in Auburn, authorities say.
Prosecutors claim that Bradley would tell victims he needed help digging up gold before leading them to a wooded area, where he allegedly killed them and either buried or abandoned their bodies. Bradley would then drive around the victims’ vehicles after they were reported missing, prosecutors allege.
According to the charging document related to Maturin’s death, prosecutors say that Maturin’s girlfriend reported him missing in July 2019 and tracked his cell phone to the park where his ribs were later found, but told police she got scared and left.
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The girlfriend told police that when she had last seen Maturin, she overheard his friend Bradley tell him that he needed help digging up gold, the charging documents say.
Upon reviewing an Auburn police report, King County investigators found that Bradley had been arrested in 2019 and charged with eluding law enforcement, after he allegedly led police on a chase after they found an unregistered BMW that authorities believed contained a “large piece” of heroin, the charging documents say. Bradley later told police the car belonged to his friend.
At an arraignment on Dec. 14, Bradley pleaded not guilty, a spokesperson for the King County Prosecuting Attorney tells PEOPLE. He is being held without bail, with his trial in Blake’s death scheduled for January.
source: people.com
