Detailed drawings were released in the case of two teens accused of plotting to kill a classmate at Lake Brantley High School. >> Video above shows the girls’ arrestsThe pencil drawings depict what appears to be one of the suspects and possibly the victim or a gunman they idolized. Isabelle Valdez, 14, and Lois Lippert, 15, have been charged as adults in the murder plot. Investigators say the girls were obsessed with the boy at school because they believed he resembled the shooter from the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in 2012. They allegedly thought that by killing the boy, they could bring the shooter back to life.The girls are accused of bringing a knife to the school in January, along with flowers, candy and cigarettes, as part of a ritual to carry out their plan.Detailed drawings Joking about case Prosecutors recently played a video in court showing the girls in the back of a police car after their January arrest. The state claims they repeatedly joked about the case.In the video, the girls can be heard discussing their future, with one asking, “Are we going to be in the same one?” and the other responding, “What do you mean same one? Same jail? Yeah. Yay,” followed by laughter.Bodycam of arrest On Thursday, Jan. 22, an anonymous tip was sent in through getfortifyfl.com, which sends 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.Valdez was pulled into the assistant principal’s office, where she was questioned about ever wanting to hurt someone.She paused and said yes, then told the assistant principal that she had a letter to give her parents after she had hurt a classmate.When asked how she would hurt the victim, she stated she had a knife, gloves, trash bags, and wipes in her backpack. Valdez then handed the assistant principal a white trash bag from her backpack containing all the items she had described, documents say.A 10- or 12-inch knife was found in her backpack as well.Body camera video released by the state attorney’s office shows the arrest of the two teens.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
Detailed drawings were released in the case of two teens accused of plotting to kill a classmate at Lake Brantley High School.
>> Video above shows the girls’ arrests
The pencil drawings depict what appears to be one of the suspects and possibly the victim or a gunman they idolized.
Isabelle Valdez, 14, and Lois Lippert, 15, have been charged as adults in the murder plot.
Investigators say the girls were obsessed with the boy at school because they believed he resembled the shooter from the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in 2012. They allegedly thought that by killing the boy, they could bring the shooter back to life.
The girls are accused of bringing a knife to the school in January, along with flowers, candy and cigarettes, as part of a ritual to carry out their plan.
Detailed drawings
Joking about case
Prosecutors recently played a video in court showing the girls in the back of a police car after their January arrest. The state claims they repeatedly joked about the case.
In the video, the girls can be heard discussing their future, with one asking, “Are we going to be in the same one?” and the other responding, “What do you mean same one? Same jail? Yeah. Yay,” followed by laughter.
Bodycam of arrest
On Thursday, Jan. 22, an anonymous tip was sent in through getfortifyfl.com, which sends 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.
Valdez was pulled into the assistant principal’s office, where she was questioned about ever wanting to hurt someone.
She paused and said yes, then told the assistant principal that she had a letter to give her parents after she had hurt a classmate.
When asked how she would hurt the victim, she stated she had a knife, gloves, trash bags, and wipes in her backpack. Valdez then handed the assistant principal a white trash bag from her backpack containing all the items she had described, documents say.
A 10- or 12-inch knife was found in her backpack as well.
Body camera video released by the state attorney’s office shows the arrest of the two teens.