Angela Bradbury, Nathan Gilmore (Images via Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office)
Months after pleading guilty to murder, an Osage, Iowa, man found to have drawn a “satanic goat’s head in the shape of a pentagram” on a whiteboard after stabbing a woman he just met in the neck was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison.
Nathan James Gilmore, now 24, admittedly and brutally murdered 29-year-old Angela Nicole Bradbury and placed her head on a stick at Greenbelt River Trail Park in Mitchell County on April 6, 2021.
Originally charged with first-degree murder, Gilmore decided to plead guilty to second-degree murder back on Aug. 17, more than two years after Bradbury’s skull was found. On Monday, Gilmore was sentenced to five decades behind bars, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show. He must serve at least 35 of those years in prison before he becomes eligible for parole, according to local ABC affiliate KAAL-TV.
Shockingly, according to that report, Gilmore said before his sentencing date in court that he felt nothing at all about the murder, which came “easy” to him and wasn’t even the “worst thing” he’s done in life.
“I met someone, I stabbed her in the neck, and went back to work,” the admitted killer reportedly said in a presentence investigation. “I never even knew her name until she was reported missing. I don’t really feel anything about it, it was easy and not the worst thing I’ve ever done.”
As Law&Crime reported in August 2022, Angela Bradbury was first reported missing by her family members in February 2022, nearly a year after she was murdered.
The criminal complaint detailed that a teenager found a woman’s skull in July 2021. By February 2022, investigators learned that the skull belonged to Bradbury — and “additional remains” were found at Greenbelt River Trail Park the next month.
It was clear that she was the victim of a homicide.
Investigators uncovered evidence that Gilmore had sent Snapchat messages talking about being aroused by the sounds of a person dying and making reference to Bradbury’s remains.
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Authorities said that when they finally interviewed Gilmore on Aug. 19, 2022, he couldn’t get his story straight.
“During the interview, Gilmore described being present in the park the day that the skull was discovered and stated that he spoke with law enforcement who were present at the scene. Gilmore provided an accurate description of the skull,” the complaint said. “Gilmore initially attributed his knowledge of the found remains to media reports and information around town but climbed that he did not know specific information about the remains, or about the woman who the remains were ultimately identified as being.”
Gilmore told a story about picking up a woman who had been in jail for trespassing and then a tale about dropping off Bradbury on the day she was last seen alive. Gilmore said that he ate lunch and then went back to work, as if nothing had happened.
“Gilmore stated that he went and had lunch at his parent’s house in St. Ansgar, before returning to work and finishing out his day, working the remaining 5 hours of his shift,” the complaint said.
GPS records of Gilmore’s Facebook account, however, placed him at the Greenbelt River Trail Park crime scene — and a subsequent search of his residence turned up even more disturbing evidence.
“[A] drawing was found affixed to a whiteboard in Gilmore’s living room. This drawing depicted a satanic goat’s head in the shape of a pentagram with what appeared to be blood spatters drawn on it. Written on the drawing, next to the goat head, were the numbers ‘o4-06,’ ‘0590,’ and ‘43.3, -92.8,”” the complaint said.
Authorities interpreted “04-06” as the date Bradbury was murdered and “43.3, -92.8,” as an “abbreviated GPS coordinate for Greenbelt River Trail Park.”
[Images via Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office]
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