Sonya Bradley was 35 when she was last seen at her Eddyville, Kentucky apartment on October 10, 2002. That day one of her children had been in a near-fatal car accident; Sonya never appeared at the hospital. Family who went to her home found her purse, cigarettes and the daily medications she needed for lupus, multiple sclerosis and a brain tumor still there, and a large comforter was missing from the bed.

Those facts prompted immediate concern and suspicion of foul play. The Kentucky State Police conducted extensive searches and investigators have tried to match Sonya’s DNA and dental records to unidentified remains in other states without success. Law enforcement identified her boyfriend at the time, William David West, as a person of interest; family members said he was uncooperative when they checked on Sonya, and he has had unrelated legal troubles, but no charges in Bradley’s disappearance have been filed.

The case remains unsolved and Sonya’s family continues to seek answers. If anyone in Eddyville or the surrounding area remembers Sonya, the days around October 10, 2002, or can help explain the missing comforter or her last known movements, please come forward.