Gruesome New Details Man Accused of Beheading His Best Friend | Crime Alert 6AM 09.01.25
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 1 September 2025
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Shocking new revelations have emerged in a harrowing murder case from Arizona.
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| 0:00.0 | Crime alert. I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. Straight out to Nicole Parton for the latest. |
| 0:05.8 | Nancy's shocking new revelations have emerged in a gruesome murder case from Arizona, where a man is accused of killing his best friend and subsequently dismembering the body before abandoning the remains near a desert town. |
| 0:20.1 | Samuel Stevens Bush 24 faces charges of first-degree murder, abandonment or concealment of a dead body, |
| 0:27.2 | and tampering with physical evidence as outlined by prosecutors. |
| 0:31.2 | The tragic events unfolded in Gilbert, a sizable suburb, situated about 22 miles southwest of Phoenix in Maricopa County. |
| 0:40.0 | On August 12, 2024, Elijah Bradley, just 24, was reported missing a day after celebrating his |
| 0:47.9 | birthday. Having recently graduated from Northern Arizona University, he was last heard from |
| 0:53.9 | when he failed to call his mother |
| 0:55.3 | with his usual morning hello. Concerned family members filed a missing person report three days later. |
| 1:02.3 | Investigators suspect that Bush shot Bradley on the day he missed that habitual call with |
| 1:08.3 | grand jury documents indicating that the fatal shot was fired in the back. |
| 1:12.8 | Following the shooting, Bush allegedly purchased a reciprocating saw from a home improvement store |
| 1:18.6 | which he used to dismember his friend's body. The remains were ultimately discarded east. |
| 1:25.2 | In a remote town located roughly 90 miles southwest of Gilbert. |
| 1:30.1 | Bradley's family quickly turned their suspicions towards Bush. |
| 1:34.1 | A relative revealed that Bradley's mother utilized the Life 360 app to trace his phone, |
| 1:39.7 | which was found to be powered off but had its last known location at Bush's apartment. |
| 1:45.6 | Initially, Bradley's family reached out to Bush, who claimed he had no knowledge of the situation. |
| 1:51.2 | They later contacted Toyota for GPS data related to Bradley's vehicle, which the company provided to law enforcement. |
| 1:59.0 | The relative described the area where the body was found as, |
| 2:02.0 | quote, the middle of nowhere during an interview with a local news station. Bradley's headless |
| 2:07.5 | remains were discovered on August 19, 2024. I learned that he was shot in the back and found |
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