Sean Bradley shared nude photos of his daughter privately. He was not active on any full-fledged communities, but was rather a member of a loose group of pedophiles known as “The Club” based out of the Western United States and administrated by Lloyd Emerson. While “The Club” is rumored to be affiliated with Wonderland, the timing is slightly askew and no strong connections have ever been proven. There were approximately twenty, likely far more, producers other than Sean active in “The Club”.
The bust of “The Club” came, as is common, from leaky producing. A man in the Netherlands, Eggert Jensen, produced images of him with his nine-year-old daughter (unconnected any known CP series). These images were forwarded to Save the Children, an international charity, and then sent to Dutch LEA in November of 2001. They analyzed the images and found a company logo on the shirt Jensen was wearing, which was traced to his workplace. After busting him in January 2002, Dutch LEA discovered his connection to the United States and several other countries via “The Club” and posed as him in order to get more Club members to reveal identifiable information.
Dutch LEA identified a username that belonged to Lloyd Alan Emmerson of Clovis, California and forwarded this information to American LEA. Upon busting Lloyd, US LEA had full access to “The Club”, as Lloyd had saved all material ever produced by “The Club” on unencrypted machines throughout his home. LEA then began an investigation they titled “Operation Hamlet” that resulted in the vast majority of the group being identified and taken down.
One of the many men identified was Sean Bradley. He was a bus driver in Reno, Nevada who, as stated before, shared pictures of his daughter. Most of the pictures were simple nude posing, but a then very-rare hardcore collection existed as well, with presumably more now in possession of LEA. Sean was not the smartest producer, with one picture in particular leaking probably the most identifiable information in any CP image in the history of the internet (see below). Surprisingly, this was not what led to his bust.
But busted he was.
Following his arrest and release pending formal charges, Sean returned to his home, retrieved a gun, drove to an unknown location and committed suicide by shooting himself on February 19, 2002 at the age of 31. The discovery of his body and resulting police records have been sealed.
After identification of his body, the Bradley case was quickly closed and all related records sealed to protect Holly’s identity from those who were still trading her images. She was taken into protective custody for a short period of time before being released back to her mother’s care. Her current location is unknown. Someone with close connections to The Club is responsible for the leaking of the rest of her images.