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Stolen Lives True Crime

18: Bradford Pholi

Stolen Lives True Crime

Stolen Lives True Crime

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4619 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The disappearance of Bradford Pholi


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0:00.0

December 26, 1982, an Aboriginal boy left his home in northwest Sydney, Australia.

0:17.9

He was headed to a train station to visit his aunt in a nearby suburb. However,

0:23.7

the 10-year-old never arrived and he has never been seen since, almost 40 years later.

0:31.7

This is Bradford's story.

0:46.1

Bradford Warner Foley was born October 16, 1982, to mother Lorna.

0:48.6

Now, Lorna is also known as Sue.

0:52.6

I couldn't find any mention of his father in my research.

0:56.1

Regardless, it doesn't appear his father played much of a role in his life. Bradford was the youngest of three children with an older brother, Bernie,

1:02.5

an older sister, Anita. Bradford, or Brad as he was more commonly known as, Brad had just

1:10.0

finished the fourth grade at Cullington Public

1:12.4

School. He would be described by those who knew and loved him as an all-round good kid,

1:18.3

but he was also your typical 10-year-old boy. He was mischievous and rebellious. He was also

1:25.2

friendly and curious.

1:30.1

Brad was known to talk to people he didn't know,

1:35.4

eager to get to know the different cultures and backgrounds of the people around him.

1:38.9

This was something his mother Sue did not like,

1:42.5

and she would frequently warn him against talking to strangers.

1:47.4

Throughout Brad's life, the Foley family had moved numerous times. At one point, the family moved seven times in a period of just two months. In December

1:55.2

1982, the family had just moved to 51 Warwick Road in the working-class suburb of Dundas in New South Wales,

2:04.8

which is located in northwest Sydney.

2:12.8

December 26, 1982.

2:16.5

Boxing Day in Australia. At around midday, Sue Foley asked 10-year-old Brad

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