Bail Revoked For Bow Woman Accused Of Witness Tampering In Husband’s Child Rape Cases; New Charges Expected

CONCORD, NH — The wife of a man accused of raping two of their adopted daughters had her bail revoked in Merrimack County Superior Court on Friday, after being accused of communicating with members of her family and, possibly, attempting to alter the outcome of their cases, according to prosecutors, months before she was scheduled to go to trial.

Deborah Ann Bradley, 60, of Bow, a former NH DCYF employee, was scheduled to go to trial on three counts of falsifying physical evidence and three counts of witness tampering on April 7. She is accused of telling her husband, Kenneth Bradley, who is accused of raping the children, of evidence against him on a cellphone in 2019, as well as attempting to get her daughters to recant their prior statements, according to court documents and affidavits.

Kenneth Bradley is facing eight aggravated felonious sexual assault charges, 11 felonious sexual assault charges, and two falsifying physical evidence counts, based on incidents between 2019 and 2022.

Shaylen Roberts, a Merrimack County Attorney prosecutor, said a jury was seated in the case. But that process was halted after something occurred during their routine trial preparation involving her team, a key family witness, another of the Bradleys’ daughters, an investigator, and a Bow police sergeant, she said.

Roberts said the team asked the third daughter to review an investigatory report prepared by Deborah Bradley’s defense team. While doing so, the daughter became upset and distraught. Roberts asked her if she was OK or wanted to speak about what was going on, and the daughter said she was tired of all the lying and revealed to the team that both of her parents had been violating their bail conditions for about 11 months by visiting with her, Roberts said.

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Roberts said the county attorney team immediately left the meeting so a Bow police sergeant and another investigator could speak with the third daughter.

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During the interview, the third daughter revealed her father had reached out to her via Facebook Messenger in May 2025, a claim the police later confirmed. The communication, a violation of his bail, included him sending pictures, and he telling her he missed her. Later, the daughter accused her father of requesting her to begin communicating with his wife since she missed her, too, Roberts said. The daughter told investigators she was lonely, had no communication with her siblings, was in a bad place mentally, and, despite knowing about the criminal complaints and knowing it was wrong to be communicating with them, she missed her parents and loved them, too.

“I think that it is important to point out that has sort of been a theme throughout this case,” Roberts said, “that (the third daughter) was a child at the time she disclosed this, is only 20 years old now, and has felt very torn about the entire thing, because she wanted to protect her sisters, but also she loves her parents very much.”

The daughter then began communicating with her mother and they met for lunch at Panera Bread in Concord in 2025. She provided a photo of the daughter and mother from May 2025, and the metadata matched the information provided.

Deborah Bradley did not mention their cases during lunch, but after Kenneth Bradley left, she questioned her daughter about what she remembered, which made the daughter feel uncomfortable, Roberts said.

Robert said for the next three or four months, they all met several times, including home visits, helping them move, and a trip to Salem, Massachusetts, for the daughter’s birthday. They also attended family barbecues and spent Thanksgiving together. There was also a meeting at the Cumberland Farms on North Main Street in Concord, Roberts said.

Roberts also said the daughter accused Deborah Bradley of informing her former defense counsel that she had been visiting with her daughter, and her former attorney told her not to do so and that it was a violation of her bail. After that, the prosecutor said Deborah Bradley requested her daughter not to tell anyone about their communications and visits.

Bow police also viewed a photo from the birthday trip.

The daughter accused Deborah Bradley of wanting to speak with her about the cases. Whenever she did that in front of Kenneth Bradley, Robert said, “he would try and shut it down, and Deborah would say, ‘You’re right, I agree,’ but then would bring it up when Kenneth wasn’t present.”

The closer they got to trial, the daughter said, the more intense everything became.

Roberts added the defense’s investigatory report was made at the behest of Deborah Bradley, who contacted her daughter and requested that she participate, saying it would help their cases “very much.” The daughter said she agreed because she was afraid of her mother going to jail, but later canceled the meeting due to her being sick and throwing up at the prospect of being interviewed. Later, she did meet with the investigator who was asking her questions about a purported video the third daughter recorded of Kenneth Bradley and one of the victims involved in a sexual assault, and whether she saw an assault or if they were just playing, Roberts said. The daughter later received the report from her father via Facebook Messenger but deleted it. She also accused her mother of requesting her to delete messages, the prosecutor said. Deborah Bradley was also accused of requesting her daughter tell investigators it was another family member, not Kenneth Bradley, who was involved in transporting one of the girls home from camp, which Roberts said was related to the case, and showed a bail violation.

Bow police were able to find an incoming message to the daughter from Deborah Bradley’s phone on the same day of the pretrial preparation meeting, she said. Police had also issued search warrants for the cellphones and were looking into whether there was security footage at the prior meeting locations, she said.

Roberts also accused Deborah Bradley of making suicidal threats to her daughter, saying the couple was in it together to the end — although the prosecutor said she had her own opinions why those comments were made to the daughter.

Roberts also told the court the evidence of the bail violations was voluminous and involved three cell phones and Facebook, but they hoped to have the evidence available for new witness-tampering and possibly stalking indictments by June.

“She has not abided by (the bail) conditions,” Roberts said, “Flagrantly, boldly, and egregiously… other than her being incarcerated, there is no effective way to monitor (her).”

Judge Martin Honigberg then turned to William Korman, Deborah Bradley’s new defense attorney, who challenged the presentation, saying there was no evidence shown during the hearing to prove any of it. He did not have an issue with Roberts’ accuracy in portraying what police may have found. But, instead, what was found was not available for inspection during the hearing.

“Where is the proof here? So, what we, your honor, have here is uncorroborated statements that (the third daughter), who I respectfully submit has her own issues, of what my client’s allegedly said to her,” he said. “There are ways the state could have shown that this happened, and they didn’t. There are no phone records… Cumberland Farms is across the street. Where is the video from that?”

Korman also challenged whether a call received on the daughter’s phone was actually Deborah Bradley calling from her own phone. Roberts countered the number was the same one listed on her bail paperwork.

When asked by Honigberg what, instead of bail revocation, the court could do, Korman suggested house arrest, no electronics, a landline installed instead of cellphones, pretrial searches, and no contact with family members, or “whatever else the court deems fit.” He added Deborah Bradley had no criminal record and had never been in custody before. She had spent the last three days in jail and “has certainly learned her lesson,” Korman said.

Honigberg requested a five-minute recess to consider the matter and then returned to the bench and revoked Deborah Bradley’s bail.

Kenneth Bradley, also 60, who was out on bail, had his bail revoked on April 17 after the county attorney’s office petitioned the court, alleging he was in violation for communicating and visiting with members of his family.

Documents have been sealed in his case, according to a court filing.

A status conference has been scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on June 24 to set a trial date for Deborah Ann Bradley. Roberts said she expected more indictments based on the new allegations to be presented to a grand jury before the conference, and that all the charges could be rolled into a single trial.

Kenneth Bradley has a hearing on pending motions scheduled for May 4, with a final pretrial hearing set for Sept. 21. Jury selection is scheduled to be held on Oct. 6.

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