Brandi Blake was 44 and living in Federal Way, Washington, when she was last seen on May 5, 2021. Family and friends said her silence after that date was out of character; she had recently won $20,000 at a casino and was known to carry substantial cash. Surveillance footage showed Blake with Richard Bradley Jr. at a Walgreens in Auburn, and she was also seen with Bradley and his wife at the hotel where she was staying.

Blake left a hotel room with Bradley; he returned alone driving her Ford Mustang and said she had let him borrow it. On May 13 her car was found abandoned in Tacoma, wiped clean and missing its license plates. Police later found Blake’s body in a shallow, hastily covered grave in Game Farm Park, Auburn. The King County Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide from multiple blunt force injuries; a shovel, a pickaxe, and a key to her hotel room were recovered nearby.

Richard Bradley Jr., 38, of Kent, was arrested on May 21, 2021. Investigators recovered firearms in his RV, including one belonging to Blake, and a large quantity of drugs. Bradley was charged with premeditated first-degree murder in Blake’s death. Additional remains found near Blake’s grave prompted further murder charges; Bradley has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.

Did anyone who knew Brandi or saw her with Bradley in early May 2021 come forward with details that might clarify her last movements?