Brief Closing:
A setting with other juveniles, including at risk juveniles, is inappropriate.
A 15 year old with the sophisication to plan and execute a large scale school shoooting.
His ongoing texts delve into the depths of his mind and shows that he is capable of thinking, concealing, and doing.
He tells his friend they are so glad to be able to talk to each other. He appreicates that his friend is the one person that is as f'd as him.
He wants to explore his darkness, make birds suffer and hear their screams.
It's not just his words, not just his thoughts. It's things that he's done.
The day before the shooting, he made a video as to his plans, who he wants to kill, the types of people he wants to kill.
Nov. 30, 2021 isn't an isolated incident. He wants to be remembered. He wants to be compared to the likes of Hitler, Dahmer, or the parkland school shooter. These acts were calculated, rehearsed, and well thought out.
He anticpated and wrote about his expected life behind bars.
His behavior since incarceration hasn't changed. He requested how to get his fan mail - love and hate mail.
He's on his emails almost daily. He talks to other juveniles - commiserates with them about things they go through. He indicated that it's not so bad in there. I get a TV, the deputies are nice, I get good food.
He mentions to his fans his next court date, encouraging them to watch on TV.
The manager of CV has concerns about the other juveniles and concerns of EC.
DEFENSE CLOSING
I need help, I was thinking of calling 911 to go to the hospital but my parents would be pissed. He see things, and hears voices. He tells his parents he needs therapy. This is someone who was having a mental health crisis and no one did a thing.
No prior suspensions.
My husband called and I missed some.
He had no one in his corner.
He adjusted to life in jail. But it's not the best place for him. Isolation is horrific.
Women have been sent him messages, but he didn't reach out to them. At CV's they can control that.