Father Found by DNA Test... Turns Out to Be a Fugitive Wanted for Killing His Entire Family

After Finding Her Cousin, She Also Confirmed Her Deceased Mother but Could Not Reunite with Her Biological Father

William Bradford Jr., wanted by the FBI. Photo by Twitter capture.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] An American woman who was adopted found her biological father through a DNA test, but she found herself in a difficult situation when it was confirmed that he was a fugitive murderer wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

This is the case of a woman named Kacy Zilchrist (63), reported by CNN and other foreign media on the 8th. In 2017, she took a DNA test hoping to find her biological parents and found her cousin Susan Gilmore. After that, the two quickly became close, and together with her cousin, she investigated relatives and found the identity information of her deceased mother. However, she had difficulty finding her father.

After persistent tracking without giving up, Zilchrist eventually found her father, William Bradford Bishop Jr. However, a reunion with her biological father did not happen.

It turned out that Bishop had been wanted by the U.S. government since the 1970s and was listed as a major fugitive on the FBI's wanted list in 2014 for murder.

Bishop is accused of assaulting and killing his mother, wife, and three minor sons in Maryland in March 1976.

According to the FBI investigation, Bishop was a promising talent who earned a master's degree in American Studies from Yale University and worked at the U.S. Department of State in Washington.

However, Bishop suddenly committed murder in 1976 and disappeared. The date he committed the murder was the same day he failed a promotion at the State Department. It is widely speculated that he killed his family in a fit of rage.

Zilchrist published the story of discovering her family through DNA testing in a book titled "It's in My Genes." In the book, she said, "I believe my father is still on the run, evading capture."

The FBI described Bishop as "an extremely dangerous person who fled armed and has suicidal tendencies."

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