Overview
- Court heard the then-14-year-old poured a flammable liquid on a 15-year-old at Evan Hardy Collegiate on Sept. 4, 2024 and ignited it with a lighter during lunch break.
- The victim received care in a specialized burn unit in Edmonton and was not released from hospital until just before Christmas 2024.
- An agreed statement of facts describes prior obsessive and threatening messages reported to police after the teens’ friendship ended.
- Police recovered a journal entry stating the victim "was going to die today," and the offender later told investigators she had considered setting other students on fire.
- A school resource officer took the teen into custody at the scene, and court was told she had a prior suspension for starting a fire and received psychiatric care in summer 2024.