Deceased Inmate’s Family Unable to be Located

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Posted by: JRTyson
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Date: Mar 08 2023 6:32 PM

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. - The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office is looking for the family of a man who recently died at the William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer. 

Bobby Ray Bradley, 69, died on March 4 just after 8 a.m. He was being treated for several medical ailments and his death is believed to be from natural causes. An autopsy showed no signs of trauma or foul play.

Bradley was serving a life sentence for first-degree sodomy from a 1989 conviction out of Calhoun County,

All attempts to identify and locate family have failed.  According to a friend, Bradley’s family is from Piedmont, Alabama.  His mother, Bertie Bradley, died over ten years ago.

He reportedly has a son, Dewayne Bradley, but his whereabouts is unknown.  

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