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Florida teens accused of shooting14-year-old Danika Troy, burning her body
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Two teenage boys in Florida are accused of fatally capturing a 14-year-old lady and setting her on fireplace alongside a wooded climbing path final week, in what authorities are calling a “heinous” homicide.
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson instructed reporters Thursday that the physique has been recognized as Danika Troy. He stated Danika’s mom reported her as a runaway on Monday.
“With out the mom’s information, Danika was murdered the night time earlier than,” Johnson stated.
A passerby found Danika’s physique in a wooded space off Kimberly Highway in Tempo, a metropolis about 16 miles northeast of Pensacola, and known as 911, Johnson stated.
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Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson instructed reporters that the suspects have been allegedly buddies with the sufferer from faculty. He stated investigators are nonetheless working to find out a motive. (Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Investigators shortly recognized the suspects as 14-year-old Kimahri Blevins and 16-year-old Gabriel Williams and took them into custody.
“That is the place it will get actually grotesque,” Johnson stated.
Kimahri Blevins, 14, is charged with first-degree homicide. Authorities try to cost him as an grownup. (Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Williams allegedly stole his mom’s gun and shot Danika.
“It is dangerous sufficient that you simply kill a 14-year-old. You are 14. You are 16,” Johnson stated. “Shoot her a number of occasions, then they set her on fireplace.”
Gabriel Williams, 16, is charged with first-degree homicide. Authorities try to cost him as an grownup. (Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Johnson stated investigators are nonetheless working to find out a motive.
“They’ve been interviewed, however the motive they provide doesn’t match the forensic investigation or the information of the case, so we now have no reliable motive,” he instructed reporters.
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In response to Johnson, Blevins and Williams most likely knew the sufferer from faculty. He believed the 2 teenagers had had earlier “run-ins” with police, though he couldn’t instantly say whether or not they had been arrested earlier than.
Blevins and Williams are being held on the Division of Juvenile Justice on fees of first-degree homicide.
“You do not wish to exit and see a burned baby with bullet holes,” Johnson stated. “That is not one thing you join.”
Johnson stated no dad and mom have been charged at the moment, though investigators are “trying into it.”
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The sheriff’s workplace works with the state’s legal professional’s workplace to prosecute each teenagers and adults.
“For those who commit an grownup crime, you must spend grownup time doing it,” Johnson stated.