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Arizona 5th graders plotted to murder boy in bathroom and make it look like suicide, police say
NBC news ^ | June 27, 2025 | Doha Madani and Mirna Alsharif

Posted on 06/27/2025 3:19:58 PM PDT by Morgana

A group of fifth-grade students were arrested last fall over an alleged plot to murder a fellow student after being overheard discussing their plans, according to a newly released police report.

Four students at the Legacy Traditional School in Surprise, Arizona, were accused of planning to fatally stab a fellow fifth grade student and forge a suicide note to make it appear self-inflicted, according to the police report. A parent alerted the school of the plot on Oct. 1, 2024, after their child overheard the group talking about it.

The students and their parents were instructed to come back to the school the following morning for the school's investigation, per the report.

Through the investigation, it was found that one of the accused students, a girl, was allegedly in a "relationship" with the victim, a boy, who had cheated on her, according to the report. The girl hated him and wanted him dead, the report said.

During a lunch on Oct. 1, 2024, the students were involved in a conversation on how to "end him," the report said. According to interviews with the suspects, the plan involved allegedly luring the boy to a bathroom and stabbing him in the stomach.

They would wear gloves so as not to leave behind fingerprints and forge a suicide note, the report said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


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I was 10 years old when I was in the 5th grade and still playing with Barbie Dolls.
1 posted on 06/27/2025 3:19:58 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Did they use AI ?


2 posted on 06/27/2025 3:22:26 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Morgana

“””I was 10 years old when I was in the 5th grade and still playing with Barbie Dolls. “””

I was talking into a fan to make a robot voice.


3 posted on 06/27/2025 3:23:42 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Morgana

Cheated on her

In 5th grade talking to another girl is “cheating”

WT absolute F

Hope the kid learns to stay away from the girls and women. That crazy is whats in the pipeline thinking thats normal and manipulating the other boys to inflict her revenge on the kid.


4 posted on 06/27/2025 3:24:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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“a girl, was allegedly in a “relationship” with the victim, a boy, who had cheated on her, “

In the 5th grade?

What species is this?


5 posted on 06/27/2025 3:25:23 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Morgana

That sounds very traditional.


6 posted on 06/27/2025 3:25:30 PM PDT by nwrep
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Rush hit the nail on the head about stuff like this years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7pur18_UK4


7 posted on 06/27/2025 3:25:42 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: shelterguy

Worked much better with the metal fans.

Today’s plastic ones just aren’t up to the task.


8 posted on 06/27/2025 3:25:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Morgana

I remember myself in 5th grade and I was totally innocent as far as worldly stuff, and I just wanted to have fun and be friends with everyone.

In 6th grade things became different because puberty, but the thought of killing someone and making it look like a suicide??

God help us!!


9 posted on 06/27/2025 3:29:52 PM PDT by Reddy (BO stinks)
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10 posted on 06/27/2025 3:32:48 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: shelterguy

I was killing ants with a magnifying glass and learning Morse code.


11 posted on 06/27/2025 3:33:15 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Steely Tom

Is this the result of kiddos that age being given unlimited access to “social media” and being told by those users on how to engage in bullying?


12 posted on 06/27/2025 3:34:49 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (In a way ge is right as)
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Today’s plastic ones just aren’t up to the task

I bet we could get a substantial grant to research the reason for that difference.

13 posted on 06/27/2025 3:35:04 PM PDT by GingisK
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“I was talking into a fan to make a robot voice.”

I knew kids who did that, it was always so funny.


14 posted on 06/27/2025 3:37:41 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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good he found out now how psycho the girl is, and the other 3 too.


15 posted on 06/27/2025 3:42:57 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: Morgana

Many children today are taught human life is disposable and they’re taught that the value of human life is based on: No. 1 want; No. 2 Necessity; No. 3 convenience; No. 4 cost.

Love to them is as Tina Turner sung:

What’s love got to do, got to do with it?
What’s love but a second-hand emotion?
What’s love got to do, got to do with it?


16 posted on 06/27/2025 3:43:48 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Morgana; 6amgelsmama; 100American; AAABEST; aberaussie; AbolishCSEU; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the other articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

17 posted on 06/27/2025 3:46:19 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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Sounds like a really stupid plan. Something a 5th grader would come up with alright.


18 posted on 06/27/2025 3:50:38 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Morgana

The authors are very careful not to reveal that the plotters were all girls. Were they all girls?


19 posted on 06/27/2025 3:51:11 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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I’ve been listening to my 11-year old niece talk about relationship drama in 5th and 6th grade. To hear her tell it, the kids are trying to act like teens, but with even less impulse control, raging hormones and the examples of TV shows and movies.

Kids reach “sexual maturity” very young these days. My niece started her periods when she was 9.


20 posted on 06/27/2025 3:52:43 PM PDT by jimtorr
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