Bradford Thomas Wagner

For other people named Tim Barnett or who use the name, see Tim Barnett.
Bradford Thomas Wagner

Wagner under his stage name, Tim Barnett, in An Officer and His Gentlemen (1995)
Born Bradford Thomas Wagner
March 31, 1968
Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.[1]
Died July 13, 2005 (age 37)[1]
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Other names Tim Barnett

Bradford Thomas Wagner (March 31, 1968 – July 13, 2005) was an American real estate agent and former gay pornographic film actor who committed suicide while in police custody as a suspected serial rapist.[2][3][4][5]

Early life and career

Wagner was born in 1968 in Bismarck, North Dakota to Kenneth and Bernadette (Glatt) Wagner.[1] He had a brother and three sisters.[1]

Under the stage name Tim Barnett,[2] he appeared in more than twenty gay pornographic films in the early 1990s.[3] He had also worked as a part-time ski instructor[6] and as a real estate agent in Aspen, Colorado.[7]

Arrest and death

Police arrested Wagner in June 2004. He was a suspect in the rapes of five women between 1993 and 1998 at the Tantra Lake and Bridgewalk apartment complexes in Boulder, Colorado,[6] an unsolved 1994 rape case in Lakewood, Colorado, and another in 1995 in Austin, Texas.[7] According to law enforcement officials, DNA evidence linked him to the crimes.[7]

Wagner hanged himself with a bed sheet in his jail cell in Boulder and died July 13, 2005.[8]

Partial videography

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Obituaries." Bismarck Tribune. July 20, 2005.
  2. 1 2 Austin rapist commits suicide in Colorado, by Daniel Iai, The Daily Texan, 7/15/05
  3. 1 2 Police Beat: Former Gay Porn Star Accused of Rape Commits Jail Suicide Archived September 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Southern Voice, July 22, 2005 .
  4. ↑ Gay Porn Star Rape Suspect Hangs Self In Jail Mike Fitzpatrick, Quest News; Volume 12, No. 13, July 21, 2005.
  5. ↑ Suspect in rapes hangs self in Boulder jail Felisa Cardona, Denver Post, July 14, 2005.
  6. 1 2 Suspected Serial Rapist Arrested By Boulder Police, by Wayne Harrison, ABC News 7, TheDenverChannel.com, 6/12/04
  7. 1 2 3 Real Estate Agent To Be Charged In Series Of Boulder Rapes, ABC News 7, TheDenverChannel.com, 6/18/04
  8. ↑ Accused Serial Rapist Commits Suicide In Jail, ABC News 7, TheDenverChannel.com,7/13/05

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