CO - Teen arrested over plot to shoot up schools in Colorado Springs, Apr 2023

[LadyL]

Right. Tbh I think the Communist Manifesto being among this person's belongings is the least horrible thing about the whole story. I'm assuming a lot of people who see that as evidence of something have never read it. It advocates for class revolution, yes. But it's certainly not advocating for personal violence against schoolchildren.

This is a clear case of childhood neglect and untreated mental illness coming to its inevitable nadir.

where is the info about the childhood neglect? I can't find any mention of it in articles

 

[Eloise]

where is the info about the childhood neglect? I can't find any mention of it in articles

'Once entering the home there was trash piled up all around the house to where it made it hard to walk inside. There were numerous containers filled with half eaten food with mold growing inside and numerous alcoholic beverage containers laying around the house,' one section of the arrest affidavit reads.
From the Daily Mail article

And from this article

A neighbor told CBS News Colorado the family has lived in the home for two or three years, but unlike others in the area, they were reclusive. They rarely saw a mother and children outside. A sheriff's deputy indicates, upon reaching the home, they found it filled with trash, boxes and empty alcohol containers. Elbert County deputies had to go around to another door to reach the bedroom where they found the suspect sleeping on filthy sheets.

Sounds like neglect to me... JMO

 

[Eli9]

No way he can make bail now. I will have to go back and catch up but I thought he was home schooled.

Teen accused of planning Colorado school shooting showed intention to carry out plan if released on bond

A 19-year-old who was arrested last month and accused of planning a mass shooting at schools in Colorado Springs indicated from jail earlier this week an intention to carry out the original plan if released on bond, according to a spokesperson with the 18th Judicial District.

denvergazette.com

A 19-year-old who was arrested last month and accused of planning a mass shooting at schools in Colorado Springs indicated from jail earlier this week an intention to carry out the original plan if released on bond, according to a spokesperson with the 18th Judicial District.

William Whitworth is being held at the Elbert County jail, where on Monday, Whitworth reportedly indicated to an employee Whitworth's continued plan to commit a mass shooting at an Academy District 20 school, where Whitworth was a student at three schools for a total of nine months between 2014 and 2016.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Pre-trial for teen accused of planning multiple Colorado Springs school shootings pushed back | KRDO

ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- The pre-trial hearing for the former Academy District 20 student accused of plotting a series of school and church mass shootings has been pushed back. The hearing was expected to happen Wednesday, May 3, for 19-year-old William "Lily" Whitworth. Whitworth, who...

krdo.com

The evidence hearing to determine if the teen will be sent to trial will now take place on June 30, 2023.