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Man charged with murder of 15-year-old Lowell girl pleads not guilty, ordered held without bail
Ahliana Dickey had told a friend that the man charged with her murder, Trevor Bady, threatened to kill her and her grandmother, officials say.
The man charged with the murder of 15-year-old Ahliana Dickey pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail at his arraignment on Tuesday, The Boston Globe reported.
Trevor Bady, 21, was arrested Monday afternoon after prosecutors say he shot Dickey to death in her Lawrence Street home. Dickey’s grandmother found her suffering gunshot wounds Friday evening after her family became concerned that she didn’t show up to her eighth grade graduation that day.
Bady is accused of physically and emotionally abusing Dickey throughout their relationship. Further details of the alleged abuse were revealed in Lowell District Court Tuesday.
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“During interviews with law enforcement, friends and family described a severe, abusive relationship between this defendant and Ahliana,” Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Christopher M. Tarrant said at Bady’s arraignment, the Globe reported. “Ahliana informed others that Bady had been hitting her and giving her bruises and a bloody lip.”
Dickey also confided in a friend that Bady told her he would kill her and her grandmother, shoot up her house, and kidnap her, Tarrant said, according to the Globe.
Dickey’s family and friends told police Bady was possibly responsible for her death after her body was found, Tarrant said.
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Early Friday morning, a 911 caller reported that they heard two people, later identified to be Dickey and Bady, arguing on the street. Dickey was heard screaming “Get off me, get away from me, I don’t want to be with you anymore,” according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.
Tarrant said Tuesday that nearby surveillance video showed Dickey running back to her home on Lawrence Street while a man followed “slowly” behind her, the Globe reported. About eight gunshots were then heard on the video, Tarrant said.
Minutes later, Bady was seen running from the home. He eventually went back to his residence in Tewksbury, the Globe reported.
At around 1:40 a.m. that morning, Bady took an Uber back to Dickey’s house. The same Uber picked him up to take him to New Hampshire, where his current girlfriend lives, according to the Globe.
The Uber driver said Bady appeared sweaty and nervous and made statements indicating he was “set up” and “wasn’t the one who fired the gun,” Tarrant said. He used his sweatshirt to open the car’s door and asked the driver to wipe the door down after he left, the Globe reported.
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The Globe reported that the courtroom on Tuesday was full relatives and friends of Dickey, who audibly expressed distress when Tarrant was describing the case. Some yelled insults directed at Bady.
Not guilty pleas for Bady’s charges — which include murder, armed home invasion, and unlawful possession of a firearm — were entered on his behalf.
His court appointed defense attorney did not object to the prosecution’s request he be held without bail and told the Globe that the situation was “horrifically tragic.”
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