--- description: He was known for publishing controversial research suggesting a link between vaccines and autism title: Doctor Who Opposed Vaccines Found Dead in Apparent Suicide image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Doctor Who Opposed Vaccines Found Dead in Apparent Suicide by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2015 5:58 PM CUT by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 27, 2015 5:58 PM CUT Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, an anti-vaccine physician, has been found dead in what police believe is a suicide. Bradstreet died of what authorities say appears to be a self-inflicted gun shot to the chest, the [Associated Press reports](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FOBIT%5FJEFF%5FBRADSTREET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined"). His body was found by a fisherman on June 19 in Rocky Broad River in Chimney Rock, N.C. Authorities also found a handgun in the water. Bradstreet, who is from Georgia, published controversial research suggesting a link between vaccines and autism. The claim has been widely disproved in the medical community. His family is [raising money](http://www.gofundme.com/xscefs "undefined") to investigate his death. Officials are still investigating as well. \[[_AP_](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FOBIT%5FJEFF%5FBRADSTREET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3939053/dr-jeff-bradstreet-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3939053/dr-jeff-bradstreet-dead/"},"headline":"Doctor Who Opposed Vaccines Found Dead in Apparent Suicide","datePublished":"2015-06-27T17:58:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:36:31.967Z","description":"He was known for publishing controversial research suggesting a link between vaccines and autism","url":"https://time.com/3939053/dr-jeff-bradstreet-dead/","keywords":["Suicide","Autism","Doctor","Vaccines","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3939053/dr-jeff-bradstreet-dead/","name":"Doctor Who Opposed Vaccines Found Dead in Apparent Suicide"}}]}] ```