Two Family Killers 25 Years Apart: The Haunting Cases of Bradford Bishop and Robert William Fisher

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7 min readOct 29, 2023

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This is a parallel case 25 years apart about two fathers who broke the unwritten vow to protect and serve their families.

The similarities of the case are eerie, and the tragedy and pain caused continue to haunt us. This is a story of two fathers and the decision they made to leave behind a trail of destruction in their wake.

This is the tragedy of the family annihilators — an ugly term used to describe the parents that snap and commit the horrific act of murder.

Bradford Bishop — The Vanishing Act

Bradford worked for the US Foreign Service as a diplomat. He was an accomplished man with an Ivy League education and two master’s degrees. He was a successful and enviable man.

Brad Bishop was highly intelligent — spoke six languages, married his high school sweetheart and was what you would call ALL AMERICAN.

Bradford married Annette Weis in 1959. He joined the US Army in the late 50s and spent four years working in counterintelligence before moving to the Foreign Service. Brad had…

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