The murder of Georgia delivery driver Shanteria Mosley has led to the arrest of an 18-year-old man after her family found her dismembered torso inside a plastic tub in Smyrna.
Mosley, 26, had left her home in Atlanta on Wednesday morning and failed to return. Police said she was not logged on to DoorDash or accepting orders when she disappeared.
Her relatives tracked her phone to the Park Valley Apartments complex in Smyrna and began searching nearby woods and grassy areas. They found her car and contacted police, but continued looking after officers left the scene.
According to Mosley’s aunt, Michelle Weaver, officers knocked on the doors of three men before departing. The family later noticed a man watching them from an apartment window.
Weaver said the man, identified by police as Kingston Bradley, told them he had not seen anyone leave Mosley’s car. She later saw him carrying what appeared to be a laundry bag containing a plastic tub.
She said Bradley dropped the bag and ran. Mosley’s relatives then discovered her torso inside the container.
Police find blood and saw in apartment
Bradley was arrested after investigators found blood stains and a large saw inside his apartment, police said. Officers also reported finding a mop bucket, a mop and a carpet cleaner, while smelling bleach inside the property.
On Friday, police searched a vehicle and found garbage bags in the boot. One bag had been pulled tightly enough to show the outline of what appeared to be a body part.
Lieutenant Meredith Holt of Smyrna Police Department said investigators believed the victim was Mosley, who was known as “KT” to friends and family.
“This is a particularly gruesome crime. I can’t imagine what the family is going through,” Lieutenant Holt said. “I know that they are looking for answers and grieving at the same time. We’re continuing to work this case.”
Bradley has been charged with murder and concealing the death of another person. He is being held without bond.
Police have not established whether Mosley and Bradley knew each other, or why she went to the Smyrna address.
Bradley previously faced violence charges
Bradley was previously charged in a case dating from December 2024 with two counts of terroristic threats, battery, simple battery and criminal trespass involving damage to property.
Court warrants and an indictment allege that he struck his father with an Xbox controller, damaged his bedroom door and smashed a window after pushing a 15-year-old boy into it. The terroristic threats charge arose from an allegation that he suggested his father’s death.
The case was indicted in February. Bradley, who was treated as a juvenile defendant, was released on a 3,500-dollar bond with conditions including no alcohol or drugs, no firearms and no further violent contact with his father or the teenager.
A court filing said Bradley was seeking admission for inpatient mental health treatment. He pleaded not guilty at an April arraignment and is due to attend a calendar call on October 6.
His father, Ken Williams, said in a Facebook statement that Bradley had been dealing with mental illness for six years. Williams expressed his condolences to Mosley’s family and said he had no involvement in, or prior knowledge of, the killing.
Williams said he was co-operating with detectives and had not gone on the run. He also said he had not known Mosley or her family before the killing.
Weaver said she wanted her niece to be remembered for her “smiles, laughter” and joy, adding that Mosley was known for cheering up those around her.
