Gold's siren song sinks serial killer's victims

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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.

According to authorities, all four were killed after they came into money and fell for Bradley’s tale that he needed their help digging up buried gold in a wooded area of his farm. He then killed his victims, stole their possessions – including their cars – which he then drove around.
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US man charged in four murders ‘lured victims with promise of buried gold’

Victims fell for alleged serial killer’s tale that he needed help finding gold in area of his Washington state farm, authorities say

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... and that's why you don't go into the woods with a stranger to dig up buried treasure.