A Massachusetts man was held without bail, accused of fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl with whom he was in a relationship. Trevor Bady, 21, of Tewksbury, was arraigned in Lowell District Court on multiple charges, including murder, in connection with the death of Ahliana Dickey. Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said Ahliana's family members first feared she went missing when she did not show up for her eighth-grade graduation Friday morning.
"It’s not fair to her. She had a lot of plans in life ..
. beautiful girl, beautiful," said grandmother Tracy Smith. The district attorney said that at about 6:10 p.
m. Friday, Lowell police received a 911 call from Ahliana's grandmother, who said family members found the girl's body inside the Lowell Street home where the victim lived. Ahliana's family knew the girl was seriously hurt and feared she was dead.
Ryan said that when Lowell police arrived at the scene, they found Ahliana suffering from gunshot wounds in a first-floor bedroom. Eight shots were fired, according to court documents. Bady had threatened to kill the girl and her grandmother days before the fatal shooting, prosecutors said.
"(Bady) made statements such as, 'I’m going to kill you, I’m going to kill your grandma.' He was going to shoot up her house. He threatened to kidnap her and shoot her," prosecutor Christopher Tarrant said.
Ahliana had turned 15 years old on April 18, the district attorney said. The girl’s family is praying for justice. "Th.