GUILTY NC - Elisha Tucker, 34, Wilmington, 21 Aug 2013 *Arrest*

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I hear there will be an update on late night news, tonight.
 
The man being held in the disappearance of Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk, James Opelton Bradley, was apparently staying on Dawson Street and possibly with his daughter. She was an infant when JOB killed his step-daughter/her step sister. Her home is apparently just a few blocks from the public housing , Hillcrest Public Housing Community, where Elisha was living. Elisha was also known to hang out near Dawson.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/artic...nterest-named-in-murder-after-body-identified

Blunt force trauma to her head and strangulation were ruled as her cause of death.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/artic...lunt-force-trauma-strangulation-killed-Tucker

That appears to be his MO. IMO, he is a rage killer.
 
Just K said:
It sad that Elisha only has one page here :(
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Oh, I hear ya, it is sad, but she has been found, unlike many threads here on Websleuths that have many many threads for a person and they aren't found yet.
I am glad there is some closure to Elisha's case. I feel for her family and friends.
IMOO.
 
http://www.wect.com/story/25540704/graphic-details-about-elisha-tucker-homicide-revealed-in-court

Thursday and Friday, prosecutors argued that there is enough probable cause to charge James Bradley with the first degree murder of Shannon Rippy Vannewkirk. Judge Sandra Ray, sided with the prosecution ruling that there is "more than enough probably cause" to move forward with the murder case.

Throughout the course of the two day hearing, District Attorney Ben David pointed to Bradley several times as a suspect in the homicide of Elisha Tucker...

Her body was found on a farm where Bradley worked off of Hoover Road in Pender County. Originally, authorities believed her remains were Vannewkirk's, but later learned they were Tucker's.

Testimony in court explained that Bradley was one of only a few people who had access to the land. In order to get to the area, someone would have to get past a gate with a combination lock. Bradley's former employer, Steve Mott, testified the combination number to that gate was printed in the visor of Bradley's work truck which he drove often.
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Bradley is a sicko, IMO. What kind of person plants a vegetable garden with a female co-worker near the site where he buried a female victim? I think he liked having his 'secret girl garden' while working alongside Shannon. That is a depraved mind. MOO

Has anyone heard if Elisha has been returned to her family for burial? Thoughts and prayers are with them.

RIP Elisha. :(
 
From September 2014:

http://www.wect.com/story/26501543/...answered-questions-about-elisha-tuckers-death

We've obtained the medical examiner's report from the death of Elisha Tucker and it still leaves many unanswered questions about what happened to her...

The ME's report reveals that Tucker had traumatic head, chest and neck injuries; however, the report does not list a specific cause of death.

According to the report, the body was found in black garbage bags feet below the surface.
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http://www.wect.com/story/34217663/state-expected-to-seek-death-penalty-against-convicted-killer

New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David formally announced Monday the state's intention to seek the death penalty for James Opelton Bradley for the murder of Elisha Tucker.

The convicted killer, charged with first-degree murder in the presumed death of Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk, was indicted by a grand jury in December on another first-degree murder charge in connection to Tucker's death.
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murder trial for convicted killer james bradley set for january
[FONT=&quot] James Bradley will once again face a judge and jury, this time, he faces the death penalty.

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]The twice convicted killer is charged with murder in the death of Elisha Tucker, a woman whose body was found buried in trash bags in Hampstead.
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[FONT=&quot]Instead, the judge set the trial for the week of January 14.[/FONT]
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Capital murder trial to begin for twice-convicted killer
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the capital murder trial of James Opelton Bradley, 56, of Wilmington. Bradley, who spent nearly 25 years in prison in the 1988 killing of his 8-year-old stepdaughter, is currently serving a 30-year sentence on a second-degree murder conviction in the presumed death of his coworker and love interest, Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk, who has not been seen or heard from since April 5, 2014.
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The District Attorney announced his office would seek the death penalty soon after a grand jury returned an indictment for first-degree murder in the case.

On Monday, the DA said 400 potential jurors have been summoned to the courthouse in Pender County, where jury selection will take place.

Capital murder trial to begin for twice-convicted killer
 
A jury has been picked to hear the capital murder trial of James Opelton Bradley, 56, of Wilmington.

Bradley is accused of killing Elisha Tucker five years ago. Her body was discovered bound with duct tape and wrapped in trash bags in a shallow grave in a Hampstead field.

Bradley, who spent nearly 25 years in prison for the 1988 killing of his 8-year-old stepdaughter, is serving a 30-year sentence on a second-degree murder conviction in the presumed death of his coworker and love interest, Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk, who has not been seen or heard from since April 5, 2014.

Jury selected in James Bradley murder trial

Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk's thread on WS: Still Missing - NC - Shannon Rippy VanNewkirk, 54, Wilmington, 5 April 2014 *GUILTY
 
One more trial for this busy, busy man. And rage-killer, mentioned above, seems a fitting description of this man. I can just see him now, sitting at the defense table in the courtroom -- not a care in the world before this -- he's probably well-adjusted to prison life -- will the threat of the DP scare him?

The Death Penalty hasn't been carried out in NC since 2006, so he may have a reason to smile during this trial -- a number of DP prisoners precede him in the DP line-up.

NC DPS: Death Row Roster

List of people executed in North Carolina - Wikipedia
 
A New Hanover County jury could not come to a decision as to whether James Bradley should be sentenced to death or spend life in prison for the murder of Elisha Tucker.

Instead, the judge declared a mistrial, which means Bradley will receive an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Bradley has had two murder trials in two years along with his 1988 murder conviction of his eight-year-old stepdaughter.

Bradley killed Ivy Gibson, Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk and Elisha Tucker.

James Bradley escapes death penalty in third murder conviction | WWAY TV
 
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