Smyrna Police Charge Neighbor With Murder in DoorDash Driver's Death

Police in Smyrna, Georgia, said Friday they discovered the dismembered remains of a woman inside garbage bags in the trunk of a car at an apartment complex earlier this week, and have charged an 18-year-old neighbor with her murder, according to NBC News.

Who was found dead in Smyrna?

The victim was identified as Shanteria Mosley, known to family and friends as "KT," who worked as a DoorDash delivery driver, NBC News reported. Lt. Meredith Holt, public information officer for the Smyrna Police Department, said Mosley was not working the day she was killed. Investigators said one of the bags recovered from the trunk "was pulled tightly showing the outline of a body part," according to a police news release cited by NBC News.

How was the body discovered?

Officers found Mosley's remains while checking a vehicle at Park Valley Apartments in response to a missing-person report filed earlier in the week, NBC News reported. Authorities waited for the Cobb County medical examiner's office to arrive at the scene before opening the bags to confirm they contained body parts, per the police release.

Who was charged, and with what?

Kingston Bradley of Smyrna was arrested and charged with concealing the death of another and malice murder in connection with Mosley's death, NBC News reported. Police said Bradley lives with his father at Park Valley Apartments — the same complex where Mosley's body was found. Holt did not say whether Bradley and Mosley knew each other before the killing and said investigators are still working to establish how the two were connected.

What did investigators say about the crime scene?

"This is a shocking crime. I don't know how else to describe it," Holt said at a Friday news conference, according to NBC News. "I've been in law enforcement for 25 years, and I have been a part of multiple homicide cases, and I worked crimes against children for 16 years, and this is a particularly gruesome crime." She added, "I cannot imagine what the family is going through."

By the numbers

• 18: age of the neighbor charged with malice murder and concealing a death.
• 25 years: Lt. Meredith Holt's tenure in law enforcement, including 16 years investigating crimes against children.

Neither DoorDash nor Mosley's family had returned requests for comment as of NBC News' report Friday.

What happens next in the case?

• Cobb County's medical examiner's office is expected to complete forensic work confirming cause of death and identity details tied to the recovered remains.
• Smyrna police said they are continuing to investigate the relationship, if any, between Bradley and Mosley before charges were finalized in court.
• DoorDash has not issued a statement on the death of a driver who worked for the platform, per NBC News.
• Mosley's family has not publicly responded to the charges as of the initial police briefing.

The case remains under investigation by the Smyrna Police Department, with the Cobb County District Attorney's office expected to handle prosecution of the malice murder charge.