{"id":200937,"date":"2026-03-22T01:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200937\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:34:10","slug":"new-bodycam-video-released-in-lake-brantley-student-murder-plot-case-wftv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200937\/","title":{"rendered":"New bodycam video released in Lake Brantley Student murder plot case \u2013 WFTV"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Two Lake Brantley High School students were arrested after police uncovered a plot to murder a classmate in a school bathroom<\/a>. Lois Lippert, 14 and Isabelle Valdez, 15, face charges of attempted first-degree premeditated murder.<\/p>\n

The arrests were made after an anonymous tip alerted law enforcement to the plan. <\/p>\n

Investigators said they took the two girls into custody approximately 20 minutes before the suspects intended to slit a male student\u2019s throat.<\/p>\n

Newly released evidence in the case includes sketches and writings attributed to the suspects. <\/p>\n

Investigators said Lippert drew multiple images showing the victim dead on the floor next to Valdez and another depicting the victim hanging by a rope. <\/p>\n

Several pieces of the recovered artwork were described as sexually explicit.<\/p>\n

The investigation also uncovered a letter addressed to one of the suspects\u2019 parents. The letter stated that the situation was not the parent\u2019s fault and included a profession of devotion to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter. \u201cWe are soulmates, just waiting to be reunited once more,\u201d the document stated.<\/p>\n

Body camera and patrol car video captured the behavior of the two students after they were taken into custody. <\/p>\n

The girls were seen laughing together as they discussed the person who reported the plot to authorities. <\/p>\n

During the recorded conversation, they referred to the anonymous tipster as a \u201csnitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Channel 9\u2019s anchor, Martha Sugalski, interviewed the mother of the student who was targeted in the plot<\/a>, who said the incident has profoundly affected her. She described the emotional toll of learning that two students were allegedly planning to kill her son.\u201cI was destroyed and I still am,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is never going to be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lippert and Valdez are currently being held in jail without bond. Their next court appearance is scheduled for April 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n

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