Police find dismembered body at Smyrna apartments; teen charged
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic details.
Authorities discovered a dismembered torso and an apartment smelling of bleach at a Smyrna complex Wednesday, hours before an 18-year-old was arrested, police wrote in a newly released warrant.
Officers first went to the Park Valley Apartments about 8:15 p.m., when they were dispatched for a 911 call about a missing person. A woman’s body was discovered during the course of the investigation, Smyrna police said.
Kingston Bradley was identified as a suspect in the incident and was booked into the Cobb jail around noon Thursday. He faces one count of concealing the death of another, online records show.
Bradley’s arrest warrant, obtained Thursday afternoon by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, contained graphic details about the scene police came across.
According to the warrant, a witness observed Bradley carrying a “plastic tub that contained a body.” When Bradley realized he had been spotted, he dropped the tub on a dirt walkway and fled to his nearby apartment, an officer wrote in the warrant.
Inside the tub was a dismembered torso, the warrant stated.
“A subsequent search warrant of the said accused’s apartment revealed several areas of blood staining and a large bloody saw. The apartment also stunk of bleach and contained a mop bucket with water and mop in addition to a carpet cleaner,” the warrant said.
Jail records list Bradley’s address in the 4500 block of Valley Parkway, where the body was also discovered.
On Thursday afternoon, police were still swarming the complex, which is surrounded by trees and off Cobb Drive. Police and at least one K-9 were searching in the wooded areas.
Police have not said how the victim, who remains unidentified according to the warrant, died. Authorities also did not say what, if any, relationship she had to Bradley.
Officials did not say who called 911 to report the missing person.
“This is an active investigation, evidence is still being collected and interviews are being conducted,” Smyrna police said in a statement.
— We’re working to learn more. Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates.
