MD TIYAVAUNA BRITT: Missing from Easton, MD - 7 Feb 2024 - Age 31 *GUILTY*

Tiyavauna Britt

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CAMBRIDGE, Md. - The State’s Attorney for Dorchester County has announced a Cambridge man has been convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Tiyavauna Britt who was first reported missing in 2024.

Tiyavauna Britt was first reported missing in February of 2024. Britt, 31, was believed to have last been seen on Feb. 7. On Feb. 13, Britt’s car, cell phone, wallet, and other belongings were discovered in a Dollar Tree parking lot near Easton, according to investigators. Britt’s mother told police she believed Britt had been with her ex-boyfriend, Kenneth Bradley, who reportedly had a history of domestic violence.

Charging documents revealed that cell tower records placed Britt’s phone in the Great Marsh Park on Feb. 7, 2024. Records of Bradley’s phone placed him in the same locations, according to investigators. Surveillance footage from the same date and location showed a man leading a woman out of a car with her hands apparently bound. The man then leads her to the front of the vehicle out of the camera’s sight, and loud thuds could be heard, surveillance footage revealed.

In charging documents, police said the vehicle then left the scene, an unknown object visible on the ground. Half-an-hour later, the car returned, and investigators said camera footage showed the male figure dragging what appears to be a small statured woman to the vehicle. The man first placed the limp body in the front seat and then the cargo hatch at the back of the car before leaving the area, arrest documents said.

Bradley was arrested on February 19. Initially, he faced charges of kidnapping, assault, reckless endangerment, and false imprisonment. Over a month later,murder charges were added to the counts against Bradley.

Tiyavauna Britt’s body was never recovered.

On Sept. 19, 2025, following a five-day trial, Bradley, now 43, was found guilty of first and second-degree murder, kidnapping, and related charges for the killing of Britt.

The Dorchester County State’s Attorney says Bradley forced Britt from a car at the Great Marsh Park in Cambridge on Feb. 7, 2024 and brutally assaulted her while repeatedly telling her that he intended to kill her.

Prosecutors say the jury also learned that Bradley later confessed to burning Britt’s body and discarding her remains in a landfill.

Over thirty witnesses were called to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, according to State’s Attorney Amanda Leonard.

“This verdict reflects the tireless work of our law enforcement partners and their unwavering commitment to seeking justice for victims of domestic violence,” Leonard said.

The Dorchester County State’s Attorney’s Office extended its deepest condolences to Britt’s family and loved ones.

Bradley's sentencing date is currently pending.
 

Cambridge man sentenced to life for kidnapping and murder of Tiyavauna Britt​

The Cambridge man convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Tiyavauna Britt, who was first reported missing in 2024, has been sentenced to life behind bars.

In February of 2024, Tiyavauna Britt, 31, was reported missing. Her car, cell phone, wallet, and other belongings were later found in a parking lot near Easton. Britt’s mother told investigators she believed Britt was last with her ex-boyfriend, Kenneth Bradley, who had a history of domestic violence.


On Sept. 19, 2025, Bradley was found guilty on all counts following a five-day trial. During the trial, the jury learned that Bradley had confessed to burning Britt’s body and discarding her remains in a landfill.

On Friday, Dec. 19, Dorchester County Circuit Court Judge William H Jones sentenced Bradley to life in prison, merging several of the charges with the first degree murder charge for sentencing. The judge also added an additional 30 years to Bradley’s sentence for the kidnapping charge.
 

Cambridge man files second appeal after receiving life sentence for murder, kidnapping​

A second appeal is still pending for a man sentenced to life in prison. Kenneth Bradley received a maximum life sentence on Dec. 19 for the murder and kidnapping of an Easton woman last year.

Bradley was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole plus an additional 30 years by Dorchester County Circuit Court Judge William Jones in 2025. In September, a jury found Bradley guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment and assault for beating 31-year-old Tiyavauna Britt to death at a Cambridge park on Feb. 7, 2024.

Roughly one month after Jones’ ruling, Bradley’s public defender filed an appeal. The case was re-opened Jan. 12. Four months later, a panel of three Appellate Court judges Kathleen Beckstead, Matthew Maciarello and Karen M. Dean determined “that the sentence imposed was fair and just under the circumstances”, and ordered the sentence unchanged.

Bradley burned and disposed of Britt’s body in the days after she was killed, according to witness testimony and facts established during the trial. He was arrested by police over a week after the murder, following a missing persons report for Britt in Easton. Police tracked Britt’s last known location to the Gerry Boyle Park at Great Marsh in Cambridge and identified Bradley as the suspect.

Britt’s body still has not been discovered. Per court documents, “a judicial declaration of death is necessary to permit the issuance of a death certificate by the Maryland Department of Health, Division of Vital Records.”

Dorchester County State’s Attorney Amanda Leonard filed a petition for judicial declaration of death and order directing issuance of death certificate for Britt. On a legal basis the court document said, “the conviction of First Degree Murder establishes, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Ms. Britt is deceased.”

On June 4 of this year, a judge ordered the issue of a death certificate for Britt, “consistent with the findings set forth herein.”

On July 2, Bradley’s new attorney, Michelle Hall and co-counsel Kenneth Stefan, filed a second appeal after filing a writ of habeas corpus — a court order requiring whoever holds a person in custody, whether a jailer, prison official, or other state agent, to bring that individual before a judge and justify, under the law, why their detention is lawful — on May 27.

A new court date has not yet been set.
 

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