LOWELL — Middlesex District Lawyer Marian Ryan and the Lowell Police Division introduced an arrest Monday afternoon in final week’s capturing dying of 15-year-old Ahliana Dickey.
Trevor Bady, 21, of Tewksbury, was arrested with out incident at a Peabody residence Monday afternoon, Ryan stated throughout a press convention on the Lowell Police Division. Bady is going through costs of homicide, armed dwelling invasion, illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition, use of a firearm to commit a felony and discharge of a firearm inside 500 ft of a constructing, stated Ryan.
Bady is scheduled to be arraigned in Lowell District Court docket Tuesday morning.
Ryan stated throughout the press convention that Dickey — who had simply turned 15 on April 18 — was first seen to be lacking when she didn’t present up for her eighth grade commencement ceremony Friday morning.
“When she did not appear at that graduation, the family members who were awaiting her arrival were concerned and began attempting to locate her. That continued throughout much of Friday,” stated Ryan.
Ryan stated Dickey’s grandmother found Dickey at her Lawrence Road dwelling at round 6 p.m. Friday. Dickey had seen gunshot wounds, Ryan stated, and a number of shell casings have been discovered on the scene.
From additional investigation, Ryan stated Bady was Dickey’s boyfriend, and Bady had been abusive to her main as much as her dying.
“It was learned that Ahliana had confided in a number of people that Mr. Bady had been abusing her, and was threatening her as recently as the middle of last week,” Ryan stated.
Thursday evening into Friday, round midnight, Ryan stated the Lowell Police obtained a name reporting some kind of combat going down between a female and male exterior on the road.
“The caller reported that she heard that female screaming, ‘Get off me. Get away from me. I don’t want to be with you anymore,’” stated Ryan. “That caller further reported that they had heard gunshots. Police responded to the scene but did not locate anyone on the street after a search.”
Ryan stated video surveillance was later discovered to have captured footage of Dickey and Bady on the road throughout the leadup to the capturing.
Bady took an Uber to and from Dickey’s dwelling earlier than and after the capturing, each instances being the identical driver, who later reported Bady as suspicious, Ryan stated.
Ryan requested that Dickey’s household’s privateness be revered as they mourn their loss. She additionally emphasised the tragedy that has taken place, and stated it was one other tragic instance of firearm violence in Middlesex County.
“What is important to remember about this incident is that Ahliana should have been finishing eighth grade on Friday,” Ryan stated. “And also the same topic which I was here just about a week and a half ago speaking about, which is the prevalence and the use of guns in our community. This is at least the fifth individual to die by firearms in Middlesex County. That does not count those who have been shot and have survived.
“This time, it’s a 15-year-old girl,” Ryan continued. “We just cannot continue to countenance this kind of violence, the use of firearms, and the using a firearm in an argument and turning that from an argument to the tragic loss of life.”
Lowell Police Superintendent Greg Hudon thanked all the departments and organizations that assisted within the investigation. These included the police departments of Tewksbury, Nashua, Burlington, Peabody, Danvers and Saugus, in addition to the Massachusetts State Police and Middlesex Sheriff’s Workplace.
“Most of all, I would like to thank the community for their assistance as detectives went, in some cases door-to-door, collecting information and video,” stated Hudon.
Hudon referred to as the capturing “an isolated incident,” and stated there was no additional hazard to the general public.
A GoFundMe was set as much as assist help Dickey’s household, which had raised greater than $7,600 as of early Monday night. A MealTrain account, a service that enables folks to volunteer to make and donate meals to folks in want of help, was additionally set as much as assist the household.
