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Lydia Bradford

Case from Cocoa, FL dated Jan 21, 2013

Victim Details

Lydia Bradford

Female

Black / African American

Cocoa

FL

2013-01-21

24

Lydia

Bradford

07/11/2026

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Lydia Bradford, a 24-year-old single mother from Cocoa, Florida, was tragically murdered on January 21, 2013. The incident occurred while she was preparing for her 7-year-old daughter's birthday party. On that fateful day, a masked gunman stormed into her apartment at the Longwood Apartments complex on Clearlake Road. The intruder opened fire, fatally wounding Lydia and seriously injuring her mother, Equaller Bradford, who was shot 14 times but miraculously survived. The attack left Lydia's thre ...
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  • WJXT: Cocoa police: Mom shot, killed while kids inside home
  • WFTV: 1 year later, still no arrests in Cocoa woman's killing
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