Killer Of Cleveland Heights Woman Sentenced To Life In Prison

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — Yaphet Bradley was Tuesday to life in prison after he admitted to killing a Cleveland Heights woman and putting her body in a garbage can.

Miriam Johnson, 31, was found stuffed into a trash can near an abandoned Cleveland home on Chamberlain Ave and E 74th St. in March 2018. She had been shot in the head and stabbed several times, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office.

Bradley, the father of Johnson's four children, was later arrested and charged with Johnson's murder. Prosecutors believe he murdered Johnson in her home in Cleveland Heights and then tried to dispose of her body at the abandoned home.

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In January, Bradley admitted to the killing and pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, gross abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence. On Tuesday, the 35-year-old Bradley was sentenced in Judge John Russo's court.

"It is very sad that four children are without a mother due to these barbaric actions," said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O'Malley in April 2018, after charges against Bradley were announced.

Photo from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office