{"id":211460,"date":"2026-06-05T11:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211460\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:36:37","slug":"allentown-teen-identified-as-2000-murder-victim-fbi-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211460\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown teen identified as 2000 murder victim, FBI says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A murder victim whose dismembered body was found in Massachusetts in 2000 has been identified as a 16-year-old Allentown teen, the FBI said.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said Tiffany Bradley was identified as the victim known as \u201cChelsea Jane Doe\u201d for the past 26 years through investigative genetic genealogy.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said Bradley was trafficked across state lines, decapitated, dismembered and dumped in the back of a parking lot on Crest Avenue in Chelsea, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Tiffany Bradley, 16, of Allentown has been identified as the victim of a 2000 murder in Boston. (FBI Boston)\" width=\"844\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/TMC-L-tiffanybradley-01-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"21842107\" \/>Tiffany Bradley, 16, of Allentown has been identified as the victim of a 2000 murder in Boston. (FBI Boston)<\/p>\n<p>Eugene McCollom of Lynn, Massachusetts,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/crime\/2026\/06\/03\/teen-found-dismembered-chelsea-parking-lot-identified\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in her death<\/a> and was sentenced to life in prison in 2005 for that crime and the killing of John \u201cJackie\u201d Leyden.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in the Boston Globe, Bradley was reported missing on Nov. 8, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though her killer is behind bars, investigators have worked tirelessly to determine who she was, where she came from, and who might still be searching for her,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks of the FBI\u2019s Boston office, in a statement. \u201cBy combining traditional investigative work with advanced DNA analysis and genealogical research, the FBI and our partners were able to provide Tiffany\u2019s family with answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS ALERT from <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIBoston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@FBIBoston<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#FBI<\/a> Boston&#8217;s Cold Case Team, working with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MassStatePolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@MassStatePolice<\/a> assigned to the Suffolk County District Attorney&#8217;s Office, announced a major breakthrough in a 2000 murder case.<\/p>\n<p>Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks joined partners to announce that the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FBI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#FBI<\/a>,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2jrMs2IguB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/2jrMs2IguB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBI (@FBI) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBI\/status\/2062293580677279821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an emotional press conference, Bradley\u2019s aunt, Janet Bradley-Knight, said the teen was athletic, loved dancing and loved trips to Florida, where she was amazed by the \u201cwhite, crystal sand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart for not letting my baby be a shell,\u201d she said through tears. \u201cI thank you all for your tireless efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A murder victim whose dismembered body was found in Massachusetts in 2000 has been identified as a 16-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,202,182,139,432],"class_list":["post-211460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}