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Wayne Treacy, 15, and a 13-year-old girl are being held in a juvenile detention center in connection with the attack at Deerfield Beach Middle.
According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, Josie Lou Ratley's cell phone was used by the 13-year-old friend to send text messages to Treacy, with whom the friend had a relationship.
But Ratley sent messages of her own to Treacy, expressing her disapproval of the relationship and making a "disparaging" reference to the October suicide of Treacy's brother, said Sheriff Al Lamberti.
That remark incensed Treacy, who put on steel-toed boots, texted friends that he was going to kill Ratley, and rode his bicycle three miles from his home to Deerfield Middle to find her, the Sheriff's Office said. When he got to the campus, the 13-year-old friend pointed out Ratley, knowing Treacy intended to harm her, the Sheriff's Office said.
The friend was arrested Thursday on a count of accessory to attempted murder and was ordered held for 21 days in juvenile detention while prosecutors review the case.
Wayne Treacy (pictured above) faces an attempted-murder charge.
Ratley's family released a series of disturbing photos taken in the 15-year-old girl's hospital room as she continues to be treated for head injuries suffered during a brutal assault.
Source: Los Angeles News...
Too sad!
