In November 2000, police in Chelsea, Massachusetts, found the body of a girl no one could name. A security camera and a soda bottle led investigators to her killer within a year, and in 2005 he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life. The only name he gave for her was Lisa, from Philadelphia. It was not her name. Her real name came back in 2026 through Othram’s lab, FBI genetic genealogy and a cheek swab from her brother in Texas: Tiffany Alexis Bradley, reported missing from Allentown, Pennsylvania, five days before she was found. How she reached Boston within days of going missing, and who took her there, is still unclear.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Two names
0:28 The man on the tape
1:24 The wrong search
2:03 Little Tiff
2:48 Somebody’s daughter
4:03 A brother in Texas
5:11 The road
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Sources:
Suffolk County DA, FBI Boston and Massachusetts State Police news conference, 3 June 2026 (CBS Boston): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnoDJt3SJEg
Associated Press, 25 February 2005 (sentencing): https://dailycollegian.com/2005/02/convicted-murderer-sentenced-to-life/
Othram / DNASolves: https://dnasolves.com/articles/chelsea-massachusetts-2000-tiffany-bradley/
The Morning Call: https://www.mcall.com/2026/07/21/tiffany-bradleys-family-wondered-what-happened-to-missing-allentown-teen-for-26-years-now-they-ask-could-she-had-been-saved/
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/25/us/cold-case-victim-identified-genetic-genealogy
Boston 25 News (2018): https://www.boston25news.com/news/missing-and-forgotten-the-search-for-chelsea-jane-does-identity/755316004/
Boston.com: https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2026/06/03/teen-found-dismembered-chelsea-parking-lot-identified/
Massachusetts State Police: https://www.mspnews.org/post/for-25-years-she-was-known-only-as-chelsea-jane-doe-today-she-is-tiffany-bradley
FBI, CODIS and NDIS fact sheet: https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/dna-fingerprint-act-of-2005-expungement-policy/codis-and-ndis-fact-sheet
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