James Opelton Bradley (born September 8, 1962)[1] is an American serial killer who murdered his stepdaughter in 1988 and two other women in North Carolina in 2013 and 2014.

[2] In June 1988, Bradley reported that his 8-year-old stepdaughter, Ivy Gibson, had been kidnapped from her bus stop in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Bradley confessed to killing her two days later, saying he was sick at home when Gibson woke him up by making the television too loud.

[3] After realizing Gibson was dead, Bradley attempted to cover up the crime by putting her body in a garbage bag and taking it to the local dump.

On January 22, 1990, Bradley pleaded guilty to first degree murder for killing Gibson and was sentenced to life in prison.

On April 15, after checking traffic camera footage, police searched Bradley's apartment, phone records, and truck.