Roger Bradford, 60, has been charged with second-degree murder and related offenses after allegedly killing his wife, Lisa Bradford, 54, at their $1.4 million home in Aldie, Virginia. According to court documents, Roger carried a journal listing people he planned to kill, including Lisa, who was marked for death on Tuesday, September 22. Police evidence suggests premeditation: security footage shows him purchasing zip ties and driving directly to the family home before the murder occurred around 9 AM.
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A husband accused of killing his wife at their Virginia mansion allegedly had a list of people he allegedly planned to kill that included her name.
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Roger Bradford, 60, was carrying the alleged 'hit list' in his car when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.
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He had fled the $1.4 million Aldie home where his spouse Lisa Bradford, 54, was found dead on September 22, according to court documents.
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The list was written in a journal and detailed several people Bradford allegedly intended to kill, a detective wrote in an affidavit seeking a search warrant.
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According to the Sherriff's office, the list bore the words 'Lisa was to be killed on Tuesday'.
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Bradford was extradited back to Virginia earlier this week and appeared virtually in court on Wednesday.
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He was arraigned on charges including second-degree murder and a gun offense in connection with his wife's killing.
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Prosecutors have pointed to evidence they say show Bradford had planned Lisa's murder.
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The Commonwealth's Attorney stated that there is 'clear evidence of premeditation.'
Roger Bradford, 60, was carrying the alleged 'hit list' when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.
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He is accused of killing his wife Lisa
Lisa, pictured with her three children, Drew, Maddie, and Kaitlyn at a high school graduation, was remembered as a devoted mom who friends said 'loved her children so much'
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Lisa was found dead inside the couple's $1.4 million home in Aldie, Virginia, just days before what would have been their 22nd wedding anniversary
After allegedly killing his wife, he called his sister in law and asked her to look after his kids
On the morning of Lisa's death, Bradford drove a rented Kia Sportage to a storage facility where he shared a unit with his brother before going to Home Depot.
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Security footage allegedly captured him purchasing 36-inch nylon zip ties before he drove to the family home on Quimby Oaks Place, arriving at around 9am.
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Detectives say the shooting happened shortly afterward.
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When deputies arrived at the house, they found Lisa lying face down in an upstairs bedroom with her hands bound behind her back, according to the documents.
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Multiple bullet casings were littered around the room, while the handgun investigators believe was used in the killing has still not been recovered.
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Around noon, Bradford's sister called the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in a panic after allegedly receiving a call from her brother.
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According to investigators, Bradford told her he had 'shot and killed his wife.'
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He allegedly also said he intended to kill himself and asked his sister to collect his minor daughter so she would not return home and see her mother.
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Instead, Bradford fled in the rental car.
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Authorities tracked the fugitive through Maryland and into Pennsylvania, where he was eventually arrested by Pennsylvania State Police in Bedford County.
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He is now being held at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.
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The couple had a turbulent marriage that Bradford himself had previously acknowledged was under severe strain.
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He had served 20 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in a construction-related kickback scheme, and in a court declaration filed earlier this year he wrote that his conviction had devastated his finances, damaged his mental health and pushed his marriage toward collapse.
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'My marriage with my wife Lisa is now headed to divorce,' Bradford wrote, describing Lisa as an 'incredible woman' and saying the prospect of losing their marriage was 'too much to bear.'
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Prosecutors have pointed to evidence they say show Bradford had planned Lisa's murder
Bradford previously served 20 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud over a construction-related kickback scheme. He described his incarceration as 'extraordinarily difficult'
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Lisa and Roger Bradford are pictured on their wedding day.
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Court filings reveal that years later Roger wrote that their marriage was 'headed to divorce' after his fraud conviction and prison
A vigil was held over the weekend for the beloved Virginia realtor
Friends, however, said they had seen little sign of the marital turmoil plaguing the realtor.
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Lisa was known for forming close relationships with clients and colleagues, while friends described her as a devoted mother who adored her three children.
'She was always smiling,' friend Christy Stuart previously told Fox 5.
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'No matter every time I saw her, she would greet me with a smile and a hug.'
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At a vigil held after her death, Lisa's friend Jerien Okoh-Tisch played the cello in her memory.
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Lisa had once talked about learning the instrument herself and hoped one day to play Ave Maria.
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'She was such a light in our lives and such a light in this world,' Okoh-Tisch said.
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'She loved her children so much.'
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Now her three children are left to grapple with the loss of their mother and the horrifying allegations engulfing her brutal death.
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Bradford indicated during Wednesday's hearing that he wanted to represent himself, and he also asked for a bond hearing scheduled for October 28 to be moved one week earlier because the original date would have fallen on Lisa's birthday.
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