ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The FBI says a teenage girl from Allentown has been identified as a murder victim in a 2000 Massachusetts cold case.
The FBI says 16-year-old Tiffany Bradley was trafficked across state lines, decapitated, dismembered, and dumped in the back of a parking lot in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Recently, the FBI used DNA from Bradley’s body and was able to match it to her brother who now lives in Texas.
Bradley’s family says she was full of promise, and loved her family and friends, as well as dancing and traveling.
“Her last conversation with her favorite cousin was cut short, with her voice trembling, saying, I’ll call you later,” said Shakirah Wiggins, the victim’s niece.
“I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart, not letting my baby be a box on the shelf,” said Janet Bradley-Knight, the victim’s aunt.
In 2005, Eugene McCollom pleaded guilty to the murder of the then-unidentified victim.
He was sentenced to life in prison.