Overview
- Newly shared cruiser video played in court shows the girls joking about mugshots and jail, which prosecutors used to argue they pose a public danger.
- Isabelle Aurelia Valdez, 15, and Lois Olivios Lippert, 14, were arrested Jan. 22 after a student tip through Florida’s reporting system led investigators to an alleged plan.
- Court filings allege a planned restroom ambush involving a knife, latex gloves, blade testing, leaving flowers at the scene and smoking a cigarette afterward.
- Prosecutors say Discord messages reference a “blood ritual” tied to Adam Lanza, and they plan to introduce documents describing an alleged fixation on Sandy Hook and Columbine.
- Both defendants pleaded not guilty and were charged as adults in February; they remain jailed without bond, with a court date set for April 29 and no trial date announced.