Overview

• Motivated by a classmate’s breakup and cheating allegations, the girls planned to lure their target to an outdoor bathroom and stab him to death.
• The newly released police report details role assignments: one to bring the knife, one to carry out the stabbing, one as lookout and one to draft a fake suicide note.
• A fellow student overheard the October 1, 2024 plan during recess and informed school administrators, leading to the suspects’ arrests the next day.
• All four children were charged with threatening and misdemeanor disorderly conduct, suspended pending expulsion and one enrolled in a juvenile diversion program.
• Experts have drawn comparisons to the Slender Man case and cautioned that exposure to inappropriate online content may have shaped the girls’ behavior.