William Bradford Bishop - Maryland - 1976

Especially on Thursday when they reshuffle and rotate the fugitives around on the site

I think a lot of the guys on the list are intelligent (Jason Derek Brown, Robert Fisher, Glen Godwin etc.) but Bishop is I agree the smartest person on the list.

It's so frustrating because if he just died as some sort of crazed vagabond randomly, especially in some random European country, I'm not sure if that will ever be discovered. All we can do is hope.

Thought I'd take this time to discuss what some people have been posting on the Official Brad Bishop FBI page on Facebook. I don't necessarily believe any of these are credible tips or sightings- however I just thought it would be interesting to take a look at the variety of tips on Bishop that the FBI gets from time to time.

One man thought a 77-year old man on an obituary site with the name Charles William Bishop could in fact be the fugitive. Charles Bishop died in Riverdale, Georgia in 2014. (Ironically a day before 'The Hunt' airing). He does have a similar face and same first and last name but in a different order of course. However, I think if it was Bishop, the FBI would have confirmed it by now. (The man states he did contact the FBI and we all know the FBI follows EVERY lead on Bishop's case). Also, I think Bishop, who is the most intelligent man on the list, would have a better alias than using his last name. Normally, I wouldn't even post something like this, since this is a person that existed and loved by his family, however, it is a public site and thought for discussion purposes you could see why the tipster thought it could be Bishop. I apologize if I offended his legacy in any way, just pointing out why someone would make the distinction. I'm sorry for the family's loss and may Charles Bishop rest in peace.

obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=CHARLES-BISHOP&lc=7124&pid=171867153&mid=6061257

Another poster claims to have seen Bishop enter a church in a yellow sweater, and ran when she spotted him. Another one says they saw him with a female companion and drew a photo. (I believe both posters are from Maryland- it would be interesting if after all these years all of a sudden Bishop is hiding in plain sight). I think the same guy posted a photo of a man driving a car he thought was Bishop. (Although for reference, I don't think it's wise to post an entire license plate for public view, just a word for the wise if you think you know Bishop's vehicle, tell the FBI the license plate number but I wouldn't post it in public).

The photos can be seen at the visitors post on the Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/williambradfordbishop/

Just wanted to highlight that a variety of tips are coming in, and whether the tipsters are on to something or not, it's really cool to see people still wanting to help solve this case.

I was basically referring to taking a photo of a license plate. (Someone took a photo of the full license plate of a car they thought the Bishop look-a-like was driving) I'm pretty sure that goes into a gray area of legality. Not to mention if Bishop is out there and follows up on his case, he now knows someone has his number and can just get rid of the car.

I don't necessarily think it was a mistake of the Facebook guy to post that obituary- let's assume for argument's sake the man was William Bradford Bishop- he'd be dead already anyway. (It's when someone posts a photo or webpage of someone who may be alive where that should be private- you don't want to give anything away). I just wanted to stress I was only posting the link because it was already mentioned publicly and had a public obituary link.

LOL it's ok.

Hi I'm new on this forum. Since the FBI controls it's Facebook page I think if there was any issue with the license plate they would have removed it immediately. They do have some interesting comments on their page. A few are not serious and a waste of space and should be cleaned up. I'm sure Bishop is still alive and the FBI knows something the public does not. Maybe that was him in Maryland with the woman which would be so clever hiding in plain sight in the last place anyone would think. It will be amazing when he is caught and the mystery ends. Especially to see his new family that he must have now.  I just wish they would raise the reward to one do another international media blitz. 

I don't think we listed this before but there's a Doe Network page for Bishop that goes into a little more detail, listing where he's lived etc.:

www.doenetwork.org/cases/4806dmmd.html

They also list his social security number which is 556-48-3489. A social security search I did says it was issued in California which makes sense since Bishop was born in Pasadena. (He lived in Maryland at the time of the murders, but I feel it's often overlooked he's originally from California, remember that's the state Whitey Bulger wound up in).

I'm sure this has been done already but Bishop is probably smart enough to have a new social security number by now, but I feel if alive, he needs money somehow and that should still be searched from time to time. And if he came back to the U.S., he may be applying for social security help or some other type of financial aid under a new alias/number. I think social security offices and the like should be given Bishop's FBI flyer (old fashioned like the post office days). It is possible Bishop is walking into them unnoticed.

Also this is the full list of every known place Bishop has lived (Besides Switzerland and Sweden, where he was sited):

"United States: California; South Pasadena, Monterey and Truckee Maryland: Baltimore and Bethesda; Vermont, Middlebury Connecticut: New Haven; Washington DC; Europe: Italy: Verona, Florence and Milan Africa: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Gaborone and Botswana •Languages Spoken Fluently: English, Spanish, French, Serbo-Croation, Italian •Education: Bachelor of Science, History, Yale University; Master of Arts, International Studies Africa; University of California: Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont; University of Florence, Florence Italy. "