WA - Richard Bradley Jr., M/40 - Accused of Murder - Auburn, King County - May 2021

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Associated Press and US News & World Report:

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-12-16/prosecutors-say-washington-state-man-charged-in-4-murders-lured-victims-with-promise-of-buried-gold

ABC News:

Prosecutors say Washington state man charged in 4 murders lured victims with promise of buried gold

A Washington state man already in jail awaiting trial in one murder case has been charged with three more killings

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CBS News:

Accused serial killer lured victims by asking them to help dig up buried gold, Washington state prosecutors say

The victims were carrying large amounts of cash or had recently come into a substantial amount of money, according to court documents.

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BMW = Bayerische Motoren Werke AG - Germany-based luxury vehicleS
Capital Case = One with a Possible Death Penalty
DNA = DeoxyriboNucleic Acid:
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DP = Death Penalty
LWOP = Life With-Out Parole
M/40 = Male / Age 40
SUV = Sport Utility Vehicle

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Richard Bradley Jr. is accused of murdering four people by luring them to buried gold in Washington state.

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[Seattle1]

Wash. Suspected Serial Killer Lured 4 Victims into Woods on Search for Gold Before Killing Them: Prosecutors

Richard Bradley Jr. was charged with the murder of Brandi Blake in 2021 before getting hit with three more counts on Dec. 5

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12/18/23

A Washington man who is already accused of murder was charged with three more counts of murder on Dec. 5, and prosecutors allege that he lured his victims by asking for their help in finding gold.

Richard Bradley Jr., 40, was previously charged in 2021 with the murder of Brandi Blake, according to charging documents reviewed by PEOPLE.

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.

 

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‘Serial killer’ allegedly lured victims to death with claim of digging up gold

Richard Bradley Jr, 40, was charged with three counts of murder this month, in addition to prior charges of murder and arson

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[Seattle1]

WA man faces 4th murder charge after luring victims with gold, prosecutors say

Prosecutors say a 40-year-old man lured four homicide victims to their deaths with a story about digging up stolen gold.

www.seattletimes.com

12/16/23

A former Kent man who has been jailed for the past two and a half years while awaiting trial on murder, arson and gun charges was charged this month with three additional counts of murder, accused of killing a father and son in Auburn in 2021 and killing another man in 2019 who was identified from DNA extracted from his rib bones.

Richard Bradley Jr., 40, was charged in May 2021 with premeditated first-degree murder for allegedly luring 44-year-old Brandi Blake to the 160-acre Game Farm Park in Auburn then killing her and burying her body in a shallow grave, court records show. She died from blunt force injuries.

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When King County sheriff’s detectives located Blake’s body, they also found three human ribs about 30 feet from Blake’s grave that have since been matched to Emilio Maturin, who was 36 when he was last seen alive in July 2019, according to prosecutors. Bradley was charged with premeditated first-degree murder in connection with Maturin’s death on Dec. 5.

Bradley was considered a person of interest in the March 2021 fatal shootings of Michael Goeman, 59, and his son, Vance Lakey, 31, when he was also charged that May with second-degree arson for allegedly offering a man $1,000 to torch the father and son’s Dodge Durango after it had been impounded, according to court records. Prosecutors amended the charges on Thursday, adding two counts of second-degree murder to the arson case.

Goeman and Lakey’s bodies were found in the same general area off an unmaintained county road outside Auburn, near the 36800 block of 56th Place South, in April 2021, according to charging documents in the arson case.

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Goeman had received a large inheritance just before he and his son were killed, Blake had won $20,000 at a casino and was known to carry large amounts of drugs and cash before her death and Maturin always took his cash and drugs with him when he left the house, according to charging documents in the murder and arson cases.

Bradley is now being held without bail in the King County Jail. Defense attorney Peter Geisness, who court records show is representing Bradley in all four murder cases, did not immediately return a phone call Friday seeking comment.

 

[Seattle1]

Auburn, near the 36800 block of 56th Place South

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Commercial Lumber Supply, Inc. to 36800 56th Pl S

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Although W Valley Hwy S. is well traveled, the pocket road around 36800 56th Pl South is completely hidden/blocked from view of the Hwy. From NW Pacific Tile, it would take about 6 miles to drive due to accessible roads but an 11 minute walk to directly cut across to the area around 36800 56th Pl South on restricted usage or private roads. Or a longer walk from Commercial Lumber.

 

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5 February - Scheduled Jury Trial

More murder charges filed for suspect accused of luring victims with gold | Federal Way Mirror

Richard Bradley, 40, of Kent, pleaded not guilty to the new charges at his arraignment.

www.federalwaymirror.com

US News & World Report:
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...ers-lured-victims-with-promise-of-buried-gold

ABC News:

Prosecutors say Washington state man charged in 4 murders lured victims with promise of buried gold​

A Washington state man already in jail awaiting trial in one murder case has been charged with three more killings

abcnews.go.com

Brandi Blake - Richard Bradley Jr. - Google Search

BMW = Bayerische Motoren Werke AG - Germany-based luxury vehicleS
Capital Case = One with a Possible Death Penalty
DNA = DeoxyriboNucleic Acid:
( dee-OCKS'-ee-RYE'-bow_NEW'-klee-ickk__ASS'-idd )
DP = Death Penalty
LWOP = Life With-Out Parole
M/40 = Male / Age 40
SUV = Sport Utility Vehicle

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