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THE FBI HAS added a man who allegedly bludgeoned his family to death with a hammer 38 years ago to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
Investigators say William Bradford Bishop Junior brutally murdered his wife, mother and three sons aged 5, 10 and 14 at their home in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington on March 1, 1976.
Dubbing him a “family annihilator,” they say he was last seen a day later further south in North Carolina, where he is believed to have buried his victims’ remains in a shallow grave and set them on fire.
Describing Bishop as a “highly intelligent” former employee of the US State Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $100,000 (€72,134) for information leading directly to his arrest.
A Yale graduate, he is also described as someone who speaks several languages and traveled extensively for work.
“Bishop wrote many times in his journal that he wanted a freer life, one where he didn’t have to answer to anyone but hiself,” said Sheriff Darren Popkin. “He doesn’t deserve the freedom he’s enjoyed for the last three decades”.
“There is no indication that Bishop is dead,” special agent Steve Vogt was quoted as saying on the FBI website.
If Bishop is living with a new identity, he’s got to be somebody’s next-door neighbor.
In the hopes of tracking down the now 77-year-old, the FBI has issued photos of an age-progressed bust, warning he could be hiding in plain sight.
“When Bishop took off in 1976, there was no social media, no 24-hour news cycle,” Vogt said. “There was no sustained way to get his face out there like there is today. And the only way to catch this guy is through the public.”
No tip was too small, Vogt added.
“Don’t forget that five people were murdered,” he said.
“Bishop needs to be held accountable for that.”
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There’s a long waiting list to make the top ten it seems
Bob Hope is lookin well
Something sad about the way “unlawful flight to avoid prosecution” takes precedence on the poster.
It’s like saying lack of respect for the law is actually worse than “murder by blunt instrument” – allegedly…
Nice point!
He’s still considered innocent untill proven guilty so the only crime he’s 100% guilty of is avoiding prosecution
You’d have to wonder just how free he actually is? Watching over his shoulder every day of his life..
Pity about him!!
It’s Quentin Tarantino!!!
If he’s been added – is it now a top 11? Like the Spinal Tap most wanted?
Drives a carina.. Works the gresham rank..nice fellah they say
Sounds like he was a spy
Roche do you ever go out
he has a very distictive nose so unless he has had plastic durgery someone out there will hopefully recognise him
Does anyone think that those two black and white photos from the 60s are different? The shape of the eyebrows seems different as does the nose and the mouth. Unless he had plastic surgery.
Ok, I’ll bite.
Yes, he does look a bit like Dexter.
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