Teen charged with murder in man’s 2018 stabbing death in DeKalb
DeKalb County authorities said a 19-year-old who allegedly stabbed a man several times and killed him last year is in custody.
Dequan Mosley of Decatur was arrested Tuesday at a home in Lithonia, the DeKalb sheriff’s office said. He’s charged with felony murder in connection with the slaying of Brandon Watts in 2018.
Watts was found in the 900 block of Wesley Club Drive in Decatur on May 29, authorities said. He had been stabbed several times with a knife, the sheriff’s office said.
Mosley was taken to the DeKalb County jail. His bond has not been set.
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