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I too am reserving judgment on whether (and how much) the girl was involved. It's a matter of degree. She may have said some stupid things (e.g. "I wish my parents were dead"), and never expected that the boy was taking it seriously. Or she could have been fantasizing and never expected that he would act on it.

But regardless, she has to know that if she had obeyed her parents, none of this would have happened. And that's a dreadful burden for her to bear even if she had no idea what this boy was planning to do.

There doesn't seem to be much doubt about the boy, though. He is very bad news and has been for some time. Only question remaining I guess is how much his parents knew. (I don't necessarily blame them though, some of these psychopath/sociopath kids can be very cunning and disguise much of their pathology.)