GILBERT, AZ (AZFamily) — As the investigation continues, court records obtained by Arizona’s Family provide additional details into the brutal killing of a Gilbert man last year.
Alijah Bradley, 24, was a recent graduate of Northern Arizona University who was working as a project engineer in the Valley last summer. He was reported missing in mid-August 2024, when he failed to show up for work, which was unusual, and his mother was unable to reach him.
An anonymous relative previously told Arizona’s Family that Bradley’s mom used the Life360 app to ping his phone, which was powered off. However, its last known location was at an apartment in Gilbert where Bradley’s longtime friend, 23-year-old Samuel Stephen Bush, lived.
When Bush reportedly denied knowing anything about Bradley’s dis