America watched in horror as gangs of illegal aliens terrorized cities like Chicago.
But those weren't the only teens committing horrific crimes.
And two Florida teens just got hit with charges that should terrify every parent.
A 14-year-old girl trusted the wrong classmates
Danika Troy thought she was meeting a boy who liked her when she rode her electric scooter into the woods near Pace, Florida on November 30.
The 14-year-old never came home.
Her mother Ashley Troy reported her missing the next morning, assuming Danika had run away like so many troubled teens do.
But Danika wasn't a runaway.
She was already dead — shot multiple times and set on fire by two teens she knew from school.
Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson told reporters what happened next left even hardened investigators shaken.
"Unbeknownst to the mother, Danika was murdered the previous night," Johnson said at a December 5 press conference.¹
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A passerby discovered Danika's burned body on December 2 in a wooded area off Kimberly Road, about 16 miles northeast of Pensacola.
Next to her remains sat her distinctive red and black scooter and 9mm shell casings scattered across the crime scene.
The murder weapon?
A handgun 16-year-old Gabriel Williams allegedly stole from his own mother.²
Sheriff says suspects' story doesn't add up to brutal execution
Investigators arrested Williams and 14-year-old Kimahri Blevins within 48 hours.
Both teens knew Danika from school.
The boys claimed they killed her over social media drama — Blevins said Danika blocked him online while Williams complained she called him "worthless and a gang-banger."³
Sheriff Johnson wasn't buying it.
"They have been interviewed, but the motive that they're giving doesn't fit the forensics or any facts of the case, so we don't have a legit motive," Johnson told reporters.⁴
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A witness told investigators the teens planned Danika's murder in advance.
They allegedly lured her to the remote location with Williams pretending to have romantic feelings for her.
The original plan was to shoot Danika once.
But Williams kept firing.
Then both teens doused her body in gasoline and set it on fire before fleeing the scene.⁵
Johnson described the crime scene in brutal terms at his press conference.
"It's bad enough you kill a 14-year-old. You're 14. You're 16. Shoot her multiple times, and then they set her on fire," the sheriff said.⁶
He added that responding officers and detectives were traumatized by what they found.
"You don't want to go out and see a burnt child with bullet holes," Johnson stated. "That's not something you sign up for."⁷
This murder exposes the collapse of juvenile justice
The Danika Troy murder isn't an isolated incident — it's part of a disturbing national trend.
Youth arrests for homicide jumped 54% from 2019 to 2022, with more than 1,200 young people arrested for murder in a single year.⁸
Firearms were involved in roughly two-thirds of these killings.
The number of youth homicide victims rose 30% from 2019 to 2020 — the largest single-year increase in four decades.⁹
But here's what should terrify parents even more: both suspects in Danika's murder had previous "run-ins" with law enforcement, according to Sheriff Johnson.¹⁰
The system knew about these kids.
Williams' guardian Jana Williams was arrested on drug charges the same day as Danika's murder — busted for probation violation and felony drug possession.¹¹
She'd been raising Gabriel after his mother died.
This is the environment that produced a 16-year-old capable of stealing a gun and executing a 14-year-old girl over social media comments.
Sheriff Johnson made clear both teens should face adult charges.
"If you do an adult crime, you gotta do adult time," he told reporters.¹²
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Prosecutors are working with a grand jury to determine whether Williams and Blevins will be tried as adults under Florida law, which allows 14-year-olds to face adult charges for serious felonies.
Both remain held without bond at the Department of Juvenile Justice on premeditated first-degree murder charges.
Danika's mother Ashley Troy told the New York Post she doesn't blame the boys themselves.
"I don't blame those boys. I blame evil influence," she said. "I don't hate them, I hate what they did to my baby."¹³
But she made clear she wants maximum punishment.
"I want nothing less than for them to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," Ashley added.¹⁴
The Santa Rosa County community held a candlelight vigil for Danika on December 9 at Avalon Baptist Church.
A GoFundMe campaign was established to help the family cover funeral costs.
This murder should be a wake-up call about what's happening to America's youth.
When 14 and 16-year-olds can plan and execute a classmate over social media comments, something has gone catastrophically wrong with how we're raising the next generation.
¹ Stephen Sorace, "Florida teens in custody after 14-year-old girl found shot to death, burnt: sheriff," Fox News, December 7, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Nicholas McEntyre, "Florida teens lured 14-year-old girl into woods before fatally shooting her and setting body on fire: police," New York Post, December 7, 2025.
⁴ Sorace, Fox News.
⁵ LeeAnn Huntoon, "Deputies: Florida teens facing murder charges after shooting girl, setting her body on fire," WEAR-TV, December 8, 2025.
⁶ Sorace, Fox News.
⁷ Ibid.
⁸ "Florida teens charged in killing of 14-year-old classmate," Lawyer Monthly, December 9, 2025.
⁹ Ibid.
¹⁰ Sorace, Fox News.
¹¹ "Danika Troy suspect's guardian busted on drug charges on same day as teen's horrendous murder," New York Post, December 9, 2025.
¹² Sorace, Fox News.
¹³ Isabel Keane, "Mom of 14-year-old girl lured into Florida woods, fatally shot and set on fire says she doesn't hate teens accused of her murder," The Independent, December 7, 2025.
¹⁴ Ibid.
