tina mott was the single mother of an 18-month-old son, johnny. she had been living here in a quiet yet residential street with her boyfriend, tim bradford. tina mott was originally from new york. she met her boyfriend, tim, while she was selling magazines door to door. they settled in tim's hometown of hamilton where tina worked as a clerk at a local store. tim was a framer at this art shop. when questioned by police, tim said that tina had gone back to new york to visit her family and left the baby behind. police soon discovered that tina mott never reached new york. tina was reported missing not by her family, but by tim's mother, elizabeth bradford. >> so at first, she didn't really think anything about it. but when she started calling new york to see if she was up there and she wasn't, she knew she was wasn't away on her own will because she knew she wouldn't leave the baby alone. >> elizabeth bradford also told police she was afraid of her son and his temper. armed with a warrant, police searched a storage locker that bradford rented shortly