Long-sought diplomat added to FBI’s ‘most wanted’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A diplomat suspected of killing his wife, mother and three sons in 1976 was added to the FBI’s list of “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” on Thursday, bringing new attention to a case that has long frustrated authorities.

William Bradford “Brad” Bishop Jr., a State Department employee at the time, allegedly bludgeoned his family to death in their home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, and then drove to a wooded area in North Carolina, where authorities say he dumped their bodies in a shallow grave and burned them.

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