Bradla Cook, a 61-year-old grandmother, was found murdered in her Jacksonville, Florida home on October 28, 2015. Authorities discovered her death after they responded to a burning car near Hyde Park Road and traced the incident to her nearby residence on Harlow Boulevard. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reported blunt force trauma and multiple stab wounds; there were no signs of forced entry, which investigators say suggests the attacker may have been someone she knew.

Bradla, known affectionately as B, was a mother of three and grandmother to ten. Her family remembered her love of gardening, cooking, and outings to garage sales. The investigation remains open; new DNA evidence has been submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for possible genetic genealogy leads. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office continues to ask anyone with information, however small, to come forward.

Did anyone in the Jacksonville area know Bradla or notice anything unusual around Harlow Boulevard or Hyde Park Road in late October 2015?