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5 min readOn March 29, 2015, Andrea Bradley brought her two-year-old daughter Glenora Bates to Cincinnati Children's Hospital. The child was unresponsive and severely malnourished. Hospital staff called the police. When officers interviewed Bradley and her boyfriend Glenn Bates separately, the stories they told did not match the injuries on Glenora's body—and the evidence told a far darker story than either of them was willing to admit.
The Interview with Andrea Bradley
In a recorded interrogation, Bradley told police that Glenora had been watched by a man named "Rod," a stranger she said she met on the street and left alone with the child for a couple of hours about a week earlier. She claimed Rod was responsible for a cut on Glenora's head—a cut Bradley admitted she stitched herself using a needle and thread because she was afraid child protective services would take her kids away. She said she put Neosporin on it and did not seek medical attention.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:03) **Case Introduction: Glenora Bates Brought to Hospital** - The episode opens with the March 29, 2015, case of two-year-old Glenora Bates, brought to Cincinnati Children's Hospital by her mother, Andrea Bradley, with severe injuries.
- 2 (01:25) **Andrea Bradley's First Interview: Establishing the Household** - Bradley details her chaotic family structure, including six children with multiple absent fathers, and her relationship with Glenn Bates.
- 3 (06:35) **The "Rod" Story: Bradley's Initial Explanation for Injuries** - Bradley claims a man named "Rod" babysat Glenora for a few hours and returned her with a cut on her head, which Bradley then stitched herself.
- 4 (10:05) **Ad Break** - Multiple political advertisements for Kate Conley and against Mike Lawler interrupt the interview.
- 5 (12:41) **Interview Continues: Probing the "Rod" Story and Other Injuries** - Investigators press Bradley on the implausibility of her story, noting the severity of Glenora's injuries and the lack of corroborating details.
- 6 (15:30) **The Morning of the Incident: Bradley's Account** - Bradley describes the morning of March 29, when she found Glenora unresponsive and rushed her to the hospital.
- 7 (25:45) **Confronting the Evidence: Bradley Shifts Blame to Glenn** - As investigators list Glenora's multiple injuries, Bradley begins to deflect responsibility, suggesting Glenn should explain many of them.
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