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“Just End Him”: 5th Grade Girls’ Horrifying Revenge Plot On Classmate Exposed Just In Time
Four young girls—allegedly hungry for revenge—came up with a chilling plot to end a boy’s life inside their Arizona school.
The sinister plan included leaving a fake farewell note to make it appear as if the young victim took his own life.
“How do kids even know how to plot something like this?!?!” the internet asked.
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Four girls, aged 10 and 11, allegedly conspired to end a classmate’s life over a breakup
Image credits: AZFamily
Highlights
- Four girls, aged 10 and 11, allegedly conspired to end a classmate’s life over a breakup.
- There were claims of the boy having cheated on one of them while they were dating.
- “So, she apparently wants him de*d,” the police report said.
- The fifth-grade girls were arrested and charged for their cold-blooded plot, which included a fake farewell note.
Trigger warning: This story contains graphic details of violence that may be disturbing to some.
The fourth-graders, aged 10 and 11, are students of the Legacy Traditional School’s West Surprise campus in the city of Surprise.
A recent breakup led to the girls deciding to “just end him,” according to a newly released police report.
There were also claims of the boy having cheated on one of them while they were dating.
Image credits: Legacy Traditional School – Surprise
“K.I.L.L. him. K*ll him,” the girls’ admissions were quoted in the report.
The girls allegedly came up with a revenge plot to violently end the boy’s life in October 2024.
“So, she apparently wants him de*d,” according to a Surprise Police Department statement.
The cold-blooded plan included stabbing their fellow schoolmate during lunch and recess in an outdoor bathroom on campus.
The plan included a fake goodbye letter to mislead authorities into thinking the boy took his own life
Image credits: Serhii/adobe.stock.com (Not the actual photo)
Each of the girls had a role to play, and they agreed that the one handling the knife would wear gloves “to not leave their fingerprints on the knife,” the police report said.
As per their plan of action, one girl would bring the knife to school, another would keep an eye out during the planned stabbing, and another would forge the goodbye note meant to mislead others.
The fourth girl was responsible for knifing the boy in the side of his stomach. However, their recess revenge plot quickly crumbled.
Each girl had a role to play and agreed to use gloves “to not leave their fingerprints on the knife”
Image credits: RDNE Stock project/Pexels (Not the actual photo)
Fellow students overheard their plan and alerted their parents about it, consequently leading to authorities being involved.
“[H]is daughter had overheard a conversation of a group of students planning to kill a student at school,” stated the police report.
“It was stated the plan was for the four students to lure [the boy] to the outside bathroom, located on the north side of the school building, in between the cafeteria and doors,” the statement continued.
Image credits: Legacy Traditional School – Surprise
After the girls were busted, their backpacks were searched and they were interrogated individually in the presence of their parents.
The police noted that three of the four schemers were remorseful about their actions, but the fourth appeared to be amused.
She would allegedly “smile and laugh while making excuses for their actions” during her interrogation.
About a week after the fifth-grade plotters confessed, they were arrested on charges of threatening and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
The girls were eventually released to their parents and suspended from school pending expulsion.
While three girls expressed remorse, one reportedly “smiled and laughed” when questioned
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The Surprise Police Department “has not shared and does not plan to share any further details about this incident,” as per a recent update.
Travis Webb, a Licensed Clinical Therapist, spoke about how children are exposed to a lot more violence nowadays than they were a few decades back.
“2025 is different than 1995. It’s different than 1975,” he said, as quoted by AZ Family.
“They don’t really come up with this on their own. They don’t think violently,” he added. “They certainly don’t think about gloves and fingerprints and suic*de notes.”
Image credits: Mikhail Nilov/Pexels (Not the actual photo)
The expert said parents should be cautious about the kind of content their kids consume, and keep a watch on their internet usage.
“You have to be a little more aware and a little more vigilant in talking to your kids about what they’re seeing on the Internet and really helping them,” he said.
Travis also encouraged parents to have regular, open conversations with their children, and understand if they have had thoughts about harming themselves or other people.
He stressed the importance of really listening to kids and letting them know that they won’t get into trouble if they admit to having violent thoughts.
A therapist says kids today are exposed to more violence and may not grasp the gravity of their actions
Image credits: Surprise Police Department
It is also recommended to seek professional help in case children do have such thoughts, the expert said.
In the case of the four Arizona girls who plotted to harm their schoolmate, Travis explained that their brains aren’t fully developed to understand the seriousness of their actions.
“Their brains are underdeveloped at 10, 11 years old. The female brain isn’t even quite half developed the part of the brain that regulates emotion,” the therapist said. “That kind of talks sense into this. It’s early 20s, before the female brain is finished developing.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with self-harm or suicide ideation, help is available: International Hotlines
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keyboardtek 6 months ago
Clearly at least one of those kids is a sociopath, maybe even a psychopath. Too bad there is no practical way to identify a psychopath when they are young so they can be closely monitored.
AndyR 6 months ago
It's a bit lazy to blame it on access to the internet/social media. You just need to look at the murder of James Bulger to see that kids are capable of utterly vile acts.
KatSaidWhat 6 months ago
That was before social media. There is an alarming amount of snuff videos and tips and hints easily available on the internet.
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Alexandra 6 months ago
Has anyone proposed banning the use of mobile phones in the classroom and before a certain age yet? It's an issue that is now being discussed seriously in a number of European countries.
Patty Panda 6 months ago
But in the US, if kids don't have their cell phones, how are they going to call 911 when there's a shooter in their school? Or to text their parents that they love them while hiding from a shooter?
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Bored Sailor 6 months ago
Too many people talking they deserve more punishment. No they need counseling and therapy, and as far as we know that might be part of the court requirements. Information on minors well not be put out to the public.
CP 6 months ago
My country is full of religious sadists, and they require state vengeance.
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Peter Bear 6 months ago
I'll tell you one thing; this is not a 'kids these days' or 'social media' or 'video games' problem. There have been monstrous children who have unalived other children throughout history. Social media just means that we actually hear about it now. I'll say it again for clarity: This is NOT because of mobile phones, or social media, or the internet, or rock and roll music, or jazz, or ragtime, or even the pool tables. This is a combination of many complex factors and one simple one; these 'children' are sociopaths and have no empathy.
ॐBoyGanesh 6 months ago
Ya. The one girl laughing during interrogation. How much you wanna bet she masterminded it & cajoled her 3 followers to participate? She’s like a developing sociopath or psychopath. And how much you wanna bet that since her parents haven’t regulated her media consumption or paid attention, they’re not going to take any court-ordered therapy as profoundly important for their daughter, lazily half-āssing it just like they do the rest of their parenting.
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Huddo's sister 6 months ago
The fact that 10/11 year olds are dating is shocking enough, let alone the other things.
JB 6 months ago
My first ‘boyfriend’, Peter, we were at primary school, so much younger than these girls, and we staunchly declared we would get married when we grew up. It was in the early 70’s. There was barely any TV, much less home computers, internet, social media. We were simply aping what we saw those older than us doing in public and called it the same. We sometimes held hands in the playground. Yup, that was us dating. We would both get upset/jealous if the other held hands with someone else… any gender.
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Jrog 6 months ago
"charges of threatening and misdemeanor disorderly conduct." That's INSANE. I looked up for similar cases involving male students, and found two 10 years old sentenced to over 5 years in juvenile detention for an almost mirrored situation; two teenager sentenced to unspecified jail time for conspiracy to commit murder and attempted second‑degree murder (very similar situation, adult target); a 16 years old boy charged with multiple counts of attempted murder, possession of a dangerous weapon (a knife) and a bunch of minor charges, similar situation.
Fellfromthemoon 6 months ago
Don't compare a 16-year-old to a ten-year-old.
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Lyone Fein 6 months ago
I agree that these girls need to have rehabilitation consequences beyond a misdemeanor that will just get expunged when they turn18. They should all have mandatory counseling for 6 months minimum. Plus they need to do at least a year of public service in a place where they come into contact with people who are victims of violence. Maybe that second one can wait until they are 14 or 15. But they should still be required to do it.
Mark Childers 6 months ago
Unfortunately, parents really don't have any ability to monitor the content of what their kids see all the time. School and hangouts with friends expose them to a lot more than parents know. At some point, laws need to be passed to seriously regulate social media for the kids' sakes.That would be a good first step.
Jack Smith 6 months ago
JFC....Unbelievably idiotic comments about these CHILDREN "knowing what they were doing". THEY ARE CHILDREN! Their brains are not fully developed! Morons like that are the reason why the U.S has s shocking number of kids in jail, where they are BEATEN and R***D. It's barbaric and shameful.
KatSaidWhat 6 months ago
Kids don't go to jail, they go to juvie. Unless that has changed.
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Beak Hookage 6 months ago
I was bullied seriously enough as a kid even younger than them such that I started having violent thoughts about k1lling my bullies. I also had thoughts of ending my own life. BUT, and here's the really crucial difference, I had NO IDEA how I would actually go about doing either of those things. Because I was NINE. I didn't know anything about how you could harm someone with a knife, or that you can get caught via fingerprints so you should wear gloves, or that you'll need an alibi, etc. Because, again, I was NINE YEARS OLD. A kid that age SHOULDN'T know about any of that stuff! Even back in the 90s when it wasn't forbidden to talk about violent things in front of kids. Good lord this is so wrong on so many levels.
K Barnes 6 months ago (edited)
The kids and their parents should all be receiving life skills/parenting sessions and extremely intensive therapy at the minimum. This rare exception has happened before but should still be taken very seriously and studied to figure out where things went wrong and how it can be prevented from happening again. Sounds like one kid could be a ringleader with serious issues but there's not enough info to be sure. When 10 years olds are concerned with "dating" relationships this much something is really wrong somewhere.
A_UserHere 6 months ago
It already said they got a misdemeanor you d****t
Load More Replies... keyboardtek 6 months ago
Clearly at least one of those kids is a sociopath, maybe even a psychopath. Too bad there is no practical way to identify a psychopath when they are young so they can be closely monitored.
AndyR 6 months ago
It's a bit lazy to blame it on access to the internet/social media. You just need to look at the murder of James Bulger to see that kids are capable of utterly vile acts.
KatSaidWhat 6 months ago
That was before social media. There is an alarming amount of snuff videos and tips and hints easily available on the internet.
Load More Replies... Alexandra 6 months ago
Has anyone proposed banning the use of mobile phones in the classroom and before a certain age yet? It's an issue that is now being discussed seriously in a number of European countries.
Patty Panda 6 months ago
But in the US, if kids don't have their cell phones, how are they going to call 911 when there's a shooter in their school? Or to text their parents that they love them while hiding from a shooter?
Load More Replies... Bored Sailor 6 months ago
Too many people talking they deserve more punishment. No they need counseling and therapy, and as far as we know that might be part of the court requirements. Information on minors well not be put out to the public.
CP 6 months ago
My country is full of religious sadists, and they require state vengeance.
Load More Replies... Peter Bear 6 months ago
I'll tell you one thing; this is not a 'kids these days' or 'social media' or 'video games' problem. There have been monstrous children who have unalived other children throughout history. Social media just means that we actually hear about it now. I'll say it again for clarity: This is NOT because of mobile phones, or social media, or the internet, or rock and roll music, or jazz, or ragtime, or even the pool tables. This is a combination of many complex factors and one simple one; these 'children' are sociopaths and have no empathy.
ॐBoyGanesh 6 months ago
Ya. The one girl laughing during interrogation. How much you wanna bet she masterminded it & cajoled her 3 followers to participate? She’s like a developing sociopath or psychopath. And how much you wanna bet that since her parents haven’t regulated her media consumption or paid attention, they’re not going to take any court-ordered therapy as profoundly important for their daughter, lazily half-āssing it just like they do the rest of their parenting.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 6 months ago
The fact that 10/11 year olds are dating is shocking enough, let alone the other things.
JB 6 months ago
My first ‘boyfriend’, Peter, we were at primary school, so much younger than these girls, and we staunchly declared we would get married when we grew up. It was in the early 70’s. There was barely any TV, much less home computers, internet, social media. We were simply aping what we saw those older than us doing in public and called it the same. We sometimes held hands in the playground. Yup, that was us dating. We would both get upset/jealous if the other held hands with someone else… any gender.
Load More Replies... Jrog 6 months ago
"charges of threatening and misdemeanor disorderly conduct." That's INSANE. I looked up for similar cases involving male students, and found two 10 years old sentenced to over 5 years in juvenile detention for an almost mirrored situation; two teenager sentenced to unspecified jail time for conspiracy to commit murder and attempted second‑degree murder (very similar situation, adult target); a 16 years old boy charged with multiple counts of attempted murder, possession of a dangerous weapon (a knife) and a bunch of minor charges, similar situation.
Fellfromthemoon 6 months ago
Don't compare a 16-year-old to a ten-year-old.
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 6 months ago
I agree that these girls need to have rehabilitation consequences beyond a misdemeanor that will just get expunged when they turn18. They should all have mandatory counseling for 6 months minimum. Plus they need to do at least a year of public service in a place where they come into contact with people who are victims of violence. Maybe that second one can wait until they are 14 or 15. But they should still be required to do it.
Mark Childers 6 months ago
Unfortunately, parents really don't have any ability to monitor the content of what their kids see all the time. School and hangouts with friends expose them to a lot more than parents know. At some point, laws need to be passed to seriously regulate social media for the kids' sakes.That would be a good first step.
Jack Smith 6 months ago
JFC....Unbelievably idiotic comments about these CHILDREN "knowing what they were doing". THEY ARE CHILDREN! Their brains are not fully developed! Morons like that are the reason why the U.S has s shocking number of kids in jail, where they are BEATEN and R***D. It's barbaric and shameful.
KatSaidWhat 6 months ago
Kids don't go to jail, they go to juvie. Unless that has changed.
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 6 months ago
I was bullied seriously enough as a kid even younger than them such that I started having violent thoughts about k1lling my bullies. I also had thoughts of ending my own life. BUT, and here's the really crucial difference, I had NO IDEA how I would actually go about doing either of those things. Because I was NINE. I didn't know anything about how you could harm someone with a knife, or that you can get caught via fingerprints so you should wear gloves, or that you'll need an alibi, etc. Because, again, I was NINE YEARS OLD. A kid that age SHOULDN'T know about any of that stuff! Even back in the 90s when it wasn't forbidden to talk about violent things in front of kids. Good lord this is so wrong on so many levels.
K Barnes 6 months ago (edited)
The kids and their parents should all be receiving life skills/parenting sessions and extremely intensive therapy at the minimum. This rare exception has happened before but should still be taken very seriously and studied to figure out where things went wrong and how it can be prevented from happening again. Sounds like one kid could be a ringleader with serious issues but there's not enough info to be sure. When 10 years olds are concerned with "dating" relationships this much something is really wrong somewhere.
A_UserHere 6 months ago
It already said they got a misdemeanor you d****t
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