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Laurel Man Pleads Guilty To 40-Year-Old Cold Case Murder
A 40-year-old cold case involving a young mother of four who was found dead is closer to justice after a Laurel man admitted to his role in the crime, authorities say.
Howard Jackson Bradberry, 64, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the killing of Laney Lee McGadney, 28 in 1982, say Howard County officials.
DNA evidence linked Bradberry to the crime in 2021, prompting his arrest, they said.
On March 29, 1982, McGadney was leaving her Columbia apartment to walk to the grocery store when she was witnessed being abducted on Oakland Mills Road, according to officials.
McGadney never m…
