A Florida man who allegedly killed the mother of his child and their 2-year-old son has been arrested and charged with murder.
Twenty-one-year-old Thomas Mosley was formally charged with killing Pashun Jeffery, 20 and their son Taylen Mosley, 2, after the son’s body was found in the mouth of an alligator Friday, police records show.
Investigators say Mosley killed Jeffery shortly after celebrating his birthday at her apartment. The woman and her son were last seen alive on Wednesday evening after one of Jeffery’s family members left her unattended with Mosely.
According to newly-released arrest affidavits from the St. Petersburg Police Department, Mosley was nowhere to be found until around 9:00pm that evening when he arrived at his mother’s house with wounds on his hands and arms. The affidavit further states that the gashes were “consistent with injuries caused by slippage during a knife attack.”
The next day, Jeffery’s body was found after her family asked police to conduct a welfare check at her home. Upon arrival, they found her lying dead on the bathroom floor. She suffered from over 100 stab wounds, according to police documents.
“Investigators found a bloody fingerprint on a bottle of cleaning solution, which allegedly matched Mosley’s and was intentionally stashed under the bed,” reads a WFLA report. “The affidavit said there was a bloody shoe print with the Gucci logo in the room where Jeffery was found, but the redacted document did not specify how that is connected to the case.”
According to Jeffery’s family, she lived alone while taking care of her son.
“This was her first month to have lived here and very happy to have a better place than what she had before,” Theo Brickhouse-Sails, Jeffery’s great-aunt told the news outlet. “And for a 20-year-old, she was doing well. She wanted more out of life.”
Mosley faces two first-degree murder charges and remains in the Pinellas County Jail. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges and is being held without bond.
To support Jeffrey’s family with funeral expenses, please visit her GoFundMe account here.
