Demolition began Monday morning at the offices of a former Delaware pediatrician convicted of raping and sexually abusing his young patients.
On October 5, items were removed from Dr. Earl Bradley's offices on Delaware Route 1 in preparation for the demolition.
The demolition officially began Monday morning at 8 a.m. and is expected to last until the afternoon.
Bradley was sentenced last month to 14 life sentences without parole for 14 counts of first-degree rape. Bradley also was sentenced to 164 years in prison for multiple counts of assault and sexual exploitation of a child.
Bradley was arrested in Dec. 2009 after a 2-year-old girl complained to her mother that the doctor had hurt her during an office visit.
All of the alleged victims, including one boy, were caught on more than 13 hours of homemade video recordings, some dating to 1998, that were seized from Bradley's office and home.
Investigators seized dozens of homemade videos of the rapes and abuse from an outbuilding at the Lewes complex, where Bradley had lured patients with promises of treats and toys.
“No one should have to look at those buildings and be reminded of the crimes that happened inside, especially not the victims and their families,” said Attorney General Beau Biden.
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“We made sure that Bradley will never be able to harm another child. Now our focus remains ensuring that the victims, their families and the community have every resource and service they need to heal, for as long as they need them. This community deserves to see any visual reminders of these horrible crimes erased from existence.”
