Blood Splatters: A Timeline of the Bishop family murders

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office

The FBI said William Brad Bishop killed his wife, three sons and his mother.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office

The Bishop home as seen the day police found evidence the family had been killed. A neighbor became concerned after not seeing the Bishops for about a week and called police.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office

The family was killed in their home on March 1, 1976, in Bethesda, MD. The FBI said Bishop used a hammer to kill his wife, three sons and his mother.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office

The FBI said Brad Bishop dumped the bodies in a pit in Tyrrell County in North Carolina where he set them on fire.

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Brad Bishop is thought to have abandoned the family station wagon, in which he carried the bodies, in March 1976 at the Elkmont Campground near Jakes Creek Trailhead after murdering his family.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office

Brad Bishop as he appeared in the years before the killings.

FBI

Brad Bishop is wanted by the FBI accused of killing his family.

FBI

Brad Bishop as he could appear today if he's still alive.

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Blood Splatters: A Timeline of the Bishop family murders

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