Florida: Teen Girls Accused of ‘Blood Ritual’ School Killing Plot Laugh in Police Cruiser

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL - Two teenage girls accused of plotting a gruesome "blood ritual" killing at their high school laughed about their mugshots and cracked jokes about jail while sitting in the back of a police cruiser.

In a newly revealed video shared by prosecutors in court, 15-year-old Aurelia Valdez can be heard telling 14-year-old Lois Olivios Lippert that she planned to "do my makeup this morning for the mugshot" but couldn't find anything before school, Fox News reported. 

Lippert and Valdez, both of Altamonte Springs, were arrested on January 22 after authorities received a tip that a student known as "Jimmy" was planning to kill a classmate at Lake Brantley High School. Investigators later identified "Jimmy" as Valdez.

Both teens were formally charged as adults in February. The State Attorney's Office said that prosecuting them in adult court offers more long-term options than the juvenile justice system would. 

"I'm glad I don't look too bad today," Lippert said in the back of the cruiser. "At least they will see me in the mugshot some way or another," Valdez responded.

The two then joked about becoming a "lesbian couple in jail." Prosecutors showed the footage during a bond hearing as they argued the teens pose a danger to the community and should remain incarcerated. 

Assistant State Attorney Domenick Leo told the judge that "there are no conditions of release reasonably sufficient to protect the community from the risk of physical harm." The judge agreed, ordering both teenage girls held without bond. 

Prosecutors said that the motive behind the alleged plot was disturbing. "It was learned that the victim reminded [Valdez] of Adam Lanza and that she believed if she killed the victim, she would have a blood bond with Adam Lanza, which would resurrect him from the dead," a court motion states.

Investigators allege that Valdez sent a Discord message declaring, "Holy sh*t im gonna make a blood ritual for adam lanza LMAOOOO," telling Lippert "it's gonna be over by tomorrow," and asking her to bring latex gloves. 

Authorities said the duo planned to ambush the victim inside a school restroom, stab him in the stomach or cut his throat, leave flowers at the scene, and then smoke a cigarette afterward. Prosecutors told the court the teens discussed bringing a knife to school and sharpening and testing the blade in a restroom before the planned attack.

Investigators also allege that Lippert drew images depicting the victim dead and hanging from a rope next to Valdez, along with sexually explicit sketches of the classmate.

The alleged plot was only stopped because another student reported what they heard to school officials and law enforcement. Because that student "heard something and said something," prosecutors said, investigators were able to intervene before anyone was harmed.

"This State Attorney’s Office takes school violence seriously and will prosecute those who threaten it in Seminole and Brevard counties," the office said in a statement. Prosecutors confirmed that documents describing Valdez's alleged obsession with the Sandy Hook shooter and the Columbine gunmen were introduced by the state and will be presented as evidence at trial.

Both defendants are expected to be tried together. No trial date has been set. Prosecutors said they don't anticipate filing additional charges at this time, though that could change if new evidence surfaces.