Overview
- Newly filed custody-court records show parents’ messages saying the 16-year-old repeated that he didn’t remember anything about the night in question.
- The teen stepbrother is identified in the filings as the subject of investigators’ scrutiny, and no criminal charges have been announced.
- Her death certificate lists mechanical asphyxia, and her body was found concealed under a bed in the cabin, according to family accounts.
- Texts in the court file capture the parents discussing viral attention to the case and efforts to shield their son from public scrutiny.
- The FBI’s Miami office and the South Florida medical examiner have withheld full autopsy and toxicology findings as the investigation continues.