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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

US man charged in four murders ‘lured victims with promise of buried gold’

Richard Bradley Jr
The alleged serial killer Richard Bradley Jr. Photograph: Maleng Regional Justice Center

An alleged serial killer in Washington state has been hit with new murder charges after authorities revealed that he may have used the same scheme to kill all four of his victims by telling them he needed their help finding buried treasure.

Richard Bradley Jr, 40, who has been awaiting trial of murder charges in the death of 44-year-old Brandi Blake since his arrest in 2021, has now been charged in the deaths of three more people, one identified from ribs buried on Bradley’s 160-acre Game Farm Park in Auburn and matched to his mother using DNA.

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