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Missing Persons
Kevin Bradshaw — Missing from Rome, GA since September 10, 2021
Can you help this family find their missing loved one?
On September 10, 2021, at around 9:30 p.m., James Kevin Bradshaw’s sister dropped him off behind a friend’s house on South McLin Street in South Rome, Georgia. No one has heard from him since. Security cameras in the area had already been taped over by the time they could be retrieved from store owners for examination, and no one has seen or talked to him.
Though Kevin had an active cell phone with him, it has not been used since that day. Attempts by police to ping it for a location have proven unsuccessful. It appears to them that the phone is turned off or perhaps the battery is depleted.
According to NamUs, James is a 41-year-old white male with brown hair and brown eyes. He is six feet tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He has the initials “JKB” tattooed on his right arm. A heart with the names of three girls is tattooed in the shoulder blade area of his back.
According to Fox 5 in Atlanta, investigators working on the missing persons case believe Bradshaw could have gotten a ride from someone to Maple Street or headed to somewhere else on South McLin Street after being dropped off by his sister. Police say that he was wearing blue jeans when he disappeared, but his family wasn’t certain of what shirt or shoes he had been wearing when they last saw him.
Police have searched for the missing man since a missing person’s report was filed on September 26, once the family realized Bradshaw could not be found. Though they continue to pursue all leads, they’ve been unsuccessful in getting any further with locating him.
Kevin’s sister, Jessica Bradshaw, was kind enough to share with me a few of the things she keeps close to her heart about her brother. Like most siblings, they had their squabbles growing up, but her love for him is obvious in her words.
Jessica noted that Kevin is usually talkative and can be opinionated, but that “runs in the bloodline.” She recalled memories of their high school years, describing him as “tall, dark and handsome” — the kind of guy girls found attractive, adding that “he didn’t mind the…
