Neal Bradley Long

Serial killer

7known / alleged victims

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Date of birth: 1927
Age at first offence: 45
Characteristics: white supremacist
Victim profile: Black men
Method of murder: Shooting
Date(s) of murder: 1972 - 1975
Years active: 1972–1975
Date of arrest: September 19, 1975
Status: Life imprisonment
Sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment in 1975

Case Summary

Case record: Neal Bradley Long

Status

Neal Bradley Long was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment in 1975.

He was a native of Dayton, Ohio, born in 1927. Long was a violent racist who could not abide the specter of black progress in his home community.

Background

Long was a native of Dayton, Ohio, born in 1927.

The offence

In 1944, Long stabbed a black man.

In the early 1970s, Long carried out a three-year series of shootings that left six blacks dead and fourteen others wounded.

In September 1975, Long picked up his 12-year-old son from school at the end of the day and promised, "You won't be bused any more, son."

An hour later, Dr. Charles Glatt was shot four times in his office at the federal building and fatally wounded.

Investigation

In 1966, Long approached local police and confessed to stabbing a black man in 1944, but he was released when detectives could find no record of the crime in their files.

By the early 1970s, detectives had forgotten about Long.

FBI agents noted Long’s resemblance to descriptions of an unknown gunman in a score of shootings logged since 1972.

Arrest

On September 19, 1975, Long was arrested near the scene after Dr. Charles Glatt was shot and fatally wounded in his office at the federal building.

Trial

Long was indicted on seven counts of murder.

In November 1975, Long was found competent for trial.

Long was eventually convicted of two counts.

Sentencing

Long received consecutive terms of life imprisonment in 1975 on two counts.

To protect him from black inmates and vice versa, Long was confined at the U.S. Medical Center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, under conditions of maximum security.

Other details

Long was 12-year-old’s father; his son was bused as part of a school desegregation program that included busing students from one school to another in the interest of "racial balance."

The school desegregation planner was Dr. Charles Glatt, who was shot four times and fatally wounded in his office at the federal building.

Michael Newton was the author of "An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers" and is referenced with: "SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-extremist MO: Random shootings motivated by racism . DISPOSITION: Consecutive life terms on two counts, 1975 ."

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