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Tiffany Bradley’s family wondered what happened to missing Allentown teen for 26 years. Now they ask, could her life have been saved?

It is unclear how the teenager from Allentown, Pa., ended up trafficked to Massachusetts. Some family members suspect another close family member, who is now deceased, was involved.

Helen-Marie Rivera holds her yearbooks and shares memories Thursday, June 18, 2026, in her Pennsburg home, about Tiffany Bradley, her childhood friend, in Allentown. Bradley was reported missing in 2000 and recently was identified through DNA evidence as the victim of a murder which took place in the Boston area the same year. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Helen-Marie Rivera shares memories and is overcome with emotion Thursday, June 18, 2026, in her Pennsburg home, as she talks about the loss of Tiffany Bradley, her childhood friend, the Allentown girl who was reported missing in 2000 and recently was identified through DNA evidence as the victim of a murder which took place in the Boston area shortly after she went missing. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Helen-Marie Rivera shares memories about Tiffany Bradley as she looks through her high school yearbook Thursday, June 18, 2026 at her Pennsburg home. Bradley, who was Rivera’s childhood friend from Allentown, was reported missing in 2000 and recently was identified through DNA evidence as the victim of a murder that took place in the Boston area in 2000, shortly after she went missing. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

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