Overview
- Authorities identified the suspects as 16-year-old Gabriel Williams and 14-year-old Kimahri Blevins, classmates of the victim, and charged them with first-degree premeditated murder.
- Investigators say the teens lured Troy into woods near Kimberly Road, shot her multiple times, then set her body on fire; a passerby later found her remains alongside her electric scooter and 9mm casings.
- Sheriff Bob Johnson said Williams allegedly used a handgun stolen from his mother, and a cooperating witness told investigators the killing was planned.
- Both suspects are being held in juvenile detention as the State Attorney moves toward adult prosecution, with the state attorney’s office saying a grand jury will decide whether to try them as adults.
- Officials say the suspects’ accounts conflict with forensic evidence, and an official motive remains undetermined.