"FBI exhumes body in Ten Most Wanted search" Associated Press October 10, 2014
WASHINGTON — The FBI exhumed the body of an unidentified man in Alabama on Thursday in its search for a former diplomat accused of killing his family with a sledgehammer nearly 40 years ago.
In court filings, the FBI said there is a strong resemblance between photos of the John Doe in Alabama and former State Department diplomat William Bradford ‘‘Brad’’ Bishop Jr. He is accused of using a sledgehammer to kill his wife, mother, and three sons in their Bethesda, Md., home in 1976. Their bodies were found in a shallow grave in Columbia, N.C.
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The last confirmed sighting of Bishop was at a sporting goods store in Jacksonville, North Carolina, the day after his family was killed. Two weeks later, his station wagon was found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, just over 200 miles from Scottsboro.
Bishop had extensive camping experience in Africa and was a licensed amateur pilot. He had a bachelor’s degree in American studies from Yale University and a master’s in Italian from Middlebury College in Vermont.
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Also see: FBI Case File: Checkmated
