Sad update from Richmond County Sheriff’s Office:
Sheriff Mark Gulledge reports that investigators arrested Bradley Alan Martin, 19, of Hoffman, for the murder of Lawrek Mathas Bittle, 41, of Aberdeen, N.C.
On Sunday, May 1, 2022, deputies and investigators were called to James G. Watson Road for a missing person report. Investigators from the Criminal Investigations Division assisted the Patrol Division in attempting to locate Bittle throughout the night.
As the investigation continued throughout the week, a group of family and friends formed a search party that located the remains of a male deceased in the search area.
“Our investigators worked diligently through the night and into the early morning hours to effect the arrest of Martin. He was placed in the Richmond County Jail with no bond,” said Sheriff Mark Gulledge.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations, North Carolina Wildlife, and the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner assisted in the investigation.
