The two Seminole County students accused of planning to kill another student are being held without bond. The suspects are 14- and 15-year-old best friends from Lake Brantley High School.Authorities reported that the teenagers are being charged as adults with attempted premeditated murder. About the suspectsIsabelle Valdez, 15, who the report states is transgender and goes by Jimmy, is accused of planning the attack, stalking the student victim and writing a letter to her parents about the ordeal.Lois Lippert, 14, is accused of helping gather items for the attack, among other things.Hearing on WednesdayDuring a court hearing on Wednesday, a judge ruled that the teens be held without bond. “I certainly understand that parents want their children home, but this is not the case,” assistant state attorney Domenick Leo said.Investigators say the girls were obsessed with a boy at their school because they say he resembled the shooter who massacred young children at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.They allegedly believed that by killing the boy, they would be able to bring the shooter back to life.They’re accused of bringing a knife to Lake Brantley High in January, along with flowers, candy, and cigarettes as part of a ritual to carry out the plot.“The plan was to grab the young man, push him into a stall. stab him or slice his throat,” Leo said in court. “It was a desire to create a blood bond to bring the fellow back to life.”The plot was disrupted when a friend of the girls tipped off authorities.Prosecutors played a video in court showing the girls in the back of a police car after their arrest. They repeatedly joked about the case.“We’re probably going to get like a minimum of four years or so,” Valdez said on the video.“I’m not getting four years,” Lippert replied.“Yes, you are, you helped,” Valdez said.At one point, Valdez said she wished she had acted more quickly.“I should have done it in the morning. He was right there, I was following behind him,” she said. What happened?On Thursday, Jan. 22, an anonymous tip was submitted via getfortifyfl.com, which routes tips to the appropriate school officials and law enforcement agencies. It went to officials at Lake Brantley.The tip said a student, later identified as Valdez, was planning to kill another student the next day.On Friday, Jan. 23, the report says both girls went to school. By 7:38 a.m., police contacted the school security guard to get Valdez out of class.Lippert allegedly knew about the plan to kill the victim and purchased the items that were going to be used for her friend.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
The two Seminole County students accused of planning to kill another student are being held without bond.
The suspects are 14- and 15-year-old best friends from Lake Brantley High School.
Authorities reported that the teenagers are being charged as adults with attempted premeditated murder.
About the suspects
Isabelle Valdez, 15, who the report states is transgender and goes by Jimmy, is accused of planning the attack, stalking the student victim and writing a letter to her parents about the ordeal.
Lois Lippert, 14, is accused of helping gather items for the attack, among other things.
Hearing on Wednesday
During a court hearing on Wednesday, a judge ruled that the teens be held without bond.
“I certainly understand that parents want their children home, but this is not the case,” assistant state attorney Domenick Leo said.
Investigators say the girls were obsessed with a boy at their school because they say he resembled the shooter who massacred young children at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.
They allegedly believed that by killing the boy, they would be able to bring the shooter back to life.
They’re accused of bringing a knife to Lake Brantley High in January, along with flowers, candy, and cigarettes as part of a ritual to carry out the plot.
“The plan was to grab the young man, push him into a stall. stab him or slice his throat,” Leo said in court. “It was a desire to create a blood bond to bring the fellow back to life.”
The plot was disrupted when a friend of the girls tipped off authorities.
Prosecutors played a video in court showing the girls in the back of a police car after their arrest. They repeatedly joked about the case.
“We’re probably going to get like a minimum of four years or so,” Valdez said on the video.
“I’m not getting four years,” Lippert replied.
“Yes, you are, you helped,” Valdez said.
At one point, Valdez said she wished she had acted more quickly.
“I should have done it in the morning. He was right there, I was following behind him,” she said.
What happened?
On Thursday, Jan. 22, an anonymous tip was submitted via getfortifyfl.com, which routes tips to the appropriate school officials and law enforcement agencies. It went to officials at Lake Brantley.
The tip said a student, later identified as Valdez, was planning to kill another student the next day.
On Friday, Jan. 23, the report says both girls went to school. By 7:38 a.m., police contacted the school security guard to get Valdez out of class.
Lippert allegedly knew about the plan to kill the victim and purchased the items that were going to be used for her friend.