In the early morning hours of September 3, 2014, in the small town of Morven, Georgia, a tragedy unfolded that would claim the lives of two siblings. Anisa Chantell Mobley, a 25-year-old female, and her brother, Wilbur Jamal Mobley, 27, were gunned down outside their family home on Azalea Avenue. The siblings, both employed as correctional officers at Valdosta State Prison, were reportedly getting ready to leave for work when the fatal shooting occurred around 5:15 a.m.
The Brooks County 911 center received a call about shots being fired, and upon arrival, deputies from the Brooks County Sheriff's Office and officers from the Morven Police Department discovered their bodies behind the residence, both having sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
The investigation into the double homicide was led by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which worked in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies. Initially, authorities had few leads and no immediate suspects or a clear motive for the killings. A gray work van believed to be connected to the shooter was located, but details about where it was found were not immediately released. Friends and family were left in shock, gathering for a candlelight vigil to remember the slain siblings as the community grappled with the violent loss.
Several months later, in December 2014, a significant breakthrough was made in the case. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that they had secured arrest warrants for 33-year-old Anthony Ceasar of Valdosta. Ceasar was charged with two counts of malice murder, two counts of felony murder, and two counts of aggravated assault in connection with the deaths of Anisa and Wilbur Mobley. At the time the charges were brought against him for the Mobley murders, Ceasar was already incarcerated. He had been arrested in September of that year and charged with the murder of Kenneth Johnson and the shooting of Lashanda Williams outside an Applebee's restaurant in Valdosta. The investigation benefited from the collaborative efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Morven Police Department, Brooks County Sheriff's Office, Valdosta Police Department, Lowndes County Sheriff's Office, the United States Marshal Service, and the Georgia Department of Corrections.
