'Satanic' Killer Charged With Murdering Woman He Gave A Ride & Putting Her Head On A Spike

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This case has been one of the crucial surprising tales, even because it started again in July 2021, when a teen discovered a human cranium on a spike within the Greenbelt River Trail Park close to Mitchell, Iowa. The cranium was recognized as feminine, however little else was identified for months.

That all modified in February 2022. The household of Angela Bradbury reported her lacking, telling the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office they hadn’t heard from her since April 2021. The Sheriff’s Office defined in a public submit that the household “provided DNA samples and dental records” — ones which have been used just some days later to determine their thriller cranium. More stays have been discovered two months later, and the style of dying was decided to be murder.

An investigation led police to a person named Nathan Gilmore from Osage, Iowa. Police imagine the pair met on the county jail again in April of final yr — and that he murdered her that very day after giving her a trip.

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Gilmore has been charged with first diploma homicide. In the charging paperwork, police lay out their case. The 23-year-old apparently had despatched a Snapchat message to a good friend of an ex-girlfriend threatening he’d “be lookin like the body they found outside Mitchell boy.” He allegedly typed that the sound an individual makes when stabbed within the neck “makes me hard.” He additionally requested:

“Wanna see a dead body?”

This was when solely the cranium had been discovered. The neck stabbing should have matched up with what the remainder of the stays instructed them as a result of police known as in Gilmore for an interview final Friday, August 19. According to the charging docs, his story was inconsistent, altering twice:

“During the interview, Gilmore described being present in the park the day that the skull was discovered and stated that he spoke with law enforcement who were present at the scene.”

Returning to the scene of against the law? That actually occurs?? The doc continued:

“Gilmore provided an accurate description of the skull. Gilmore initially attributed his knowledge of the found remains to media reports and information around town but climbed [sic] that he did not know specific information about the remains, or about the woman who the remains were ultimately identified as being.”

Eventually, nonetheless, he instructed them about “picking up a woman near the Cerro Gordon County Jail” on April 6, 2021 whereas “at the jail for a court hearing.” Bradbury had apparently been there as effectively, having been arrested for trespassing. She was final seen leaving with an unknown man.

According to investigators, Gilmore admitted “he took her to a house in the southern part of Mason City” however claimed she “remained at the house” whereas he left for work in St. Ansgar — then he mentioned he went house after work and didn’t return to the realm. But as soon as they knew what to search for, it was simple for detectives to reality test his story. The docs clarify:

“GPS records obtained from Gilmore’s Facebook account showed that on the evening of April 6, 2021, Gilmore’s Facebook account was active in an area northwest of Greenbelt River Trail Park at approximately 7:21 pm and active in an area southeast of the Greenbelt River Trail Park at approximately 8:37 pm, before records show his account active back in the St. Angsar area.”

The Greenbelt River Trail Park space. Where the cranium was discovered.

Police acquired a warrant to go looking Gilmore’s house and located a drawing of “a satanic goat’s head in the shape of a pentagram with what appeared to be blood spatters drawn on it.” Creepy!

Obviously being into satanic imagery, and even truly belonging to the Church of Satan or different organizations prefer it for that matter, is not proof of wrongdoing. Plenty of very peaceable people are into that stuff. But this isn’t Satanic Panic we’re speaking about, not a West Memphis 3 state of affairs. On the drawing was precise proof. Per the report:

“Written on the drawing, next to the goat head, were the numbers ‘o4-06,’ ‘0590,’ and ‘43.3, -92.8.’”

Authorities didn’t should attempt onerous to decipher the numbers. “04-06” was the final date Angela Bradbury was seen. The latter numbers appeared “to coincide with an abbreviated GPS coordinate for Greenbelt River Trail Park.”

That plus the messages concerning the physique? And mendacity to police about his alibi? It’s loads of motive for police to imagine Gilmore is their killer. Chilling stuff. See extra on the case from native Des Moines affiliate KCCI (under):