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BETHESDA (WJLA) ? 23andMe DNA tests have provided a lot of information to people about their heritage since they became popular a few years ago.
For one woman in North Carolina, who was looking to learn more about her biological family after being adopted at birth, a test revealed that her father is on the FBI's Most Wanted list for the alleged murder of his entire family in Bethesda more than 40 years ago.
WECT reports that Kathy Gillcrist's test first matched her with a third cousin, Susan Gillmor, who happens to be a genealogist.
Gillmor was able to help Gillcrest deduce that her father is William Bradford Bishop, Jr., who the FBI says bludgeoned his wife, mother, and three sons to death on March 1, 1976, then transported their bodies to Columbia, North Carolina, where he buried them in a shallow grave and lit them on fire.
If Bishop is still alive today, he is 84 years old.
The FBI describes him like this:
"Bishop was, and may still be, an avid outdoorsman, camper, and hiker. He had extensive camping experience in Africa. He also enjoyed canoeing, fishing, swimming, jogging, tennis, skiing and riding motorcycles. Bishop enjoyed working out several times a week. He was also a licensed amateur pilot who learned to fly in Botswana, Africa.
Bishop has an American Studies degree from Yale University and a Master's Degree in Italian from Middlebury College in Vermont. He was known to read extensively and may have kept a diary or journal. A longtime insomniac, Bishop reportedly had been under psychiatric care in the past and had used medication for depression. He drank scotch and wine and enjoyed eating peanuts and spicy food.
Bishop was described as intense and self-absorbed, prone to violent outbursts, and preferred a neat and orderly environment."
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