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UPDATE: Police say they do not suspect foul play in the deaths of a 95-year-old woman and her elderly son. Mary Louise Bradley and David Bradley were found dead on Friday in Rowan County.
Police say in the course of the investigation, they realized that the home was not broken into, nothing was stolen and there was no evidence of an assault.
Police believe David possibly died from exposure of working outside. They also believe Mary went to check on her son, fell and was not able to return to the house.
The investigation will continue as police await the results of the Medical Examiner’s final report.
SALISBURY, NC – Investigators say they have little evidence after a mother and her son were found dead outside their Rowan County home. Neighbors say the 95-year-old woman and her 73-year-old son were both battling Alzheimer’s.
Police have not released their names, but they were well known at a restaurant where we’re told they were regular customers.
“They would order like a sweet tea with lemon and coffee, everybody like knew what they ordered,” says Cracker Barrel waitress Olivia Murray. Murray says she would often serve the mother and her son. “It’s crazy, how, like one day you’ll be talking to somebody, and the next day they’re gone,” she says.
A meat salesman called police after finding the woman’s body behind her home on St. Paul’s Church Road Friday. Investigators found her son’s body close by. Detectives say they have little if any evidence as to what happened.
“It was rough and it’s still not knowing what happened, makes it even worse,” says Cracker Barrel employee Abigail Skipper. Skipper says she got to know the two well. They would be at the Cracker Barrel at least once a day, sometimes more.
But Skipper says she doesn’t think it was just about a meal. “I don’t think they really had any family. Cause she would always tell us we were like their family. They would come here to see us and to visit us,” Skipper says.
She and others say it was obvious the two were struggling with Alzheimer’s. “A lot of times, would not know what day of the week it was. What time it was,” she says.
She and others hope investigators can figure out what happened, and hopefully rule out foul play. “You could tell all they had was each other. And you could tell they were a team. They relied on each other. Were just really sweet,” Skipper says.
