Smyrna police update dismembered torso investigation

SMYRNA, Ga. - Smyrna police are expected to release new information Friday afternoon about the discovery of a woman’s dismembered torso at an apartment complex.

News conference Friday afternoon

The department has scheduled a news conference for 2 p.m. The update comes two days after officers arrested 18-year-old Kingston Lammar Bradley at the Park Valley apartment complex on Valley Parkway SE. Check back here at that time for a livestream of the press conference. 

What we know:

According to an arrest warrant, a witness saw Bradley carrying a plastic container through the complex between 8 and 8:28 p.m. Wednesday.

Investigators allege Bradley dropped the container on a dirt path and ran to a nearby apartment after realizing someone had seen him. Officers found a woman’s dismembered torso inside the container.

Police were initially at the complex investigating a missing person report.

Court documents say investigators later searched Bradley’s apartment and found several blood-stained areas, a bloody saw, a mop, a bucket of water and a carpet cleaner. Officers also reported smelling a strong odor of bleach.

Bradley is charged with concealing the death of another person. A Cobb County judge ordered him held without bond after determining that he posed a danger to the community.

Bradley also has a separate Cobb County case involving charges of terroristic threats and battery. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Questions police could address

Authorities have not publicly identified the woman or provided her age. It also remains unclear how she died, whether she was the subject of the missing person investigation or if additional charges are expected.

Friday’s news conference could provide answers about the victim’s identity, the circumstances surrounding her death and the direction of the investigation.