Teen Faces Murder Charge After Missing Delivery Driver's Car Was Found

A Family Search Led Police to an Apartment Complex

The family of a missing Georgia delivery driver found her phone and vehicle at an apartment complex, and an 18-year-old man is now charged with her murder. Shanteria ‘KT’ Mosley, 26, had been reported missing before the investigation shifted rapidly after police returned to the complex.

Mosley’s family contacted police after locating her phone and vehicle at Park Valley Apartments in Smyrna, according to CBS Atlanta. An officer initially responded Wednesday evening, knocked on doors and spoke with people before leaving. Police were called back later after witnesses reported suspicious activity involving a tote being carried from an apartment.

The case then moved from a missing-person search to a homicide investigation. Detectives arrested Kingston Bradley, 18, and initially charged him with concealing a death. Police later added a malice murder charge.

A Vehicle Search Changed the Case

Detectives executed a search involving a vehicle Friday evening and found human remains, police said. The Cobb County Medical Examiner’s Office later assisted in identifying the remains as Mosley.

The underlying discovery was disturbing, but graphic details are not necessary to understand the case. What matters to the investigation is the sequence: Mosley disappeared, her family traced her phone and vehicle to an apartment complex, witnesses provided additional information, and a vehicle search produced evidence that led police to treat the case as a murder.

Investigators believe Mosley was killed during a roughly two-hour period Wednesday morning, according to a later police update. Detectives said they had not received reports of screaming or suspicious activity during that window and continued canvassing the area for witnesses and video.

Police Are Still Examining the Connection

Authorities have not publicly explained the full relationship between Mosley and Bradley or why she was at the apartment complex. Police have asked anyone who saw or heard something relevant to contact investigators.

Bradley is accused, not convicted, and is presumed innocent. The malice murder charge represents the current legal stage, but prosecutors will have to prove the case in court.

For Mosley’s family, their own effort to locate her became an important part of the timeline. They found the phone and vehicle that brought police to the complex and helped focus the search. The investigation is continuing as detectives reconstruct Mosley’s final hours and determine what evidence connects the accused teenager to her death.

References: CBS Atlanta | FOX 5 Atlanta

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