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"JEFFERSON COUNTY – The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating what appears to be a “credible threat possibly involving the schools.”
Over 20 schools in the Columbine area and all mountain schools are on lockdown including:
Bergens Blue Heron Columbine HS Conifer HS Dutch Creek Elk Creek Evergreen HS Evergreen Middle Governor’s Ranch Ken Caryl Middle Leawood Marshdale Mt. Evans Normandy Parmalee Ralston Rocky Mtn. Academy of Evergreen West Jeff Elementary West Jeff Middle Wilmot Windy Peak Woodrow Wilson
In an email sent to parents, Jefferson County Public Schools said all students and staff are safe.
Deputies are at the schools right now according to Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Twitter.
In an emergency situation, parents should not call the school or security staff, as they are working to resolve the situation and ensure your student’s safety.
Parents should not go to any schools currently on lockdown, as it may interfere with procedures."
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Tue Apr 16, 2019 4:56 pm
Show of hands, is anyone surprised by this?
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:00 pm
Not at all, this week all schools especially in Jefferson County are going are going to be high alert I’m sure... Plus a lot of people trying to be “funny”
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:01 pm
The schools will be continuing with their normal schedules. All of them EXCEPT Columbine High School, which all the activities have been canceled.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:04 pm
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The schools will be continuing with their normal schedules. All of them EXCEPT Columbine High School, which all the activities have been canceled.
They always do that with Columbine. Especially with the 20th Anniversary being in four days. No one is screwing around.. it was business as usual for all of their schools except columbine When the bomb threats were happening in December.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:07 pm
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The schools will be continuing with their normal schedules. All of them EXCEPT Columbine High School, which all the activities have been canceled.
They always do that with Columbine. Especially with the 20th Anniversary being in four days. No one is screwing around.. it was business as usual for all of their schools except columbine When the bomb threats were happening in December.
Yeah, you're right.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:37 pm
They released the name and picture of the suspect. She’s an 18-year-old girl.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:06 pm
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They released the name and picture of the suspect. She’s an 18-year-old girl.
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Damn, they figure that out right quick, didn't they?
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:10 pm
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Screamingophelia wrote:
They released the name and picture of the suspect. She’s an 18-year-old girl.
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Damn, they figure that out right quick, didn't they?
Yea, I’m both freaked out and intrigued.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:16 pm
I haven’t seen specific links to her threats or writings but according to Westword she’s a fan girl.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:16 am
Weird, I was just thinking that I wouldn't be surprised if something goes down for the 20th anniversary. I'm sure all the worshipers and "fans" will be coming out of their holes.
The sad fact is if this person is caught, not only could they face a decent amount of jail-time, but they most likely will kiss goodbye any scholarships or college admissions (if they are indeed a kid).
I've seen it happen to someone I knew for calling in a bomb threat to school.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 2:54 am
She's probably a crazed Tumblr fangirl, even if she really is planning something, the feds will get to her first. People like this make the TCC look bad.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:50 am
This doesn’t just affect those who were injured or escaped from the school.
It also hurts those who knew and loved Eric and Dylan like their families and friends... no one needs this crap
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:55 am
Evidently they found her website... I can pM it
I took a quick glance at. It certainly mimics Erics website and her journal mimics both of their journals.
There also a picture of Dylan that she drew in it....
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:51 am
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Evidently they found her website... I can pM it
I took a quick glance at. It certainly mimics Erics website and her journal mimics both of their journals.
There also a picture of Dylan that she drew in it....
Send a PM, please.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:58 am
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Screamingophelia wrote:
Evidently they found her website... I can pM it
I took a quick glance at. It certainly mimics Erics website and her journal mimics both of their journals.
There also a picture of Dylan that she drew in it....
Send a PM, please.
Sent!
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:11 am
Crazy I can't believe it. (well I can) but it is still crazy to me how obsessed she is
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:15 am
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Crazy I can't believe it. (well I can) but it is still crazy to me how obsessed she is
They closed many schools today!
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:19 am
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Lizpuff wrote:
Crazy I can't believe it. (well I can) but it is still crazy to me how obsessed she is
They closed many schools today!
Good. I am hoping she is just a troubled person and never intended on doing anything but better safe than sorry
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:25 am
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Lizpuff wrote:
Crazy I can't believe it. (well I can) but it is still crazy to me how obsessed she is
They closed many schools today!
These super-fans that go around pretending to be them, making websites mimicking them and writing their own journals inspired by eric & dylans is so cringey, and to make fake threats at real schools is so edgy. Glad the police are upping their game and finding these stupid people first before some of these have a chance to actually fulfill their fantasies. I highly doubt she would of did anything serious though.
Still lame these people are interfering with school agendas. What a waste of time.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:30 am
Giving researchers and people who have genuine empathy a bad name..
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:20 pm
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Evidently they found her website... I can pM it
I took a quick glance at. It certainly mimics Erics website and her journal mimics both of their journals.
There also a picture of Dylan that she drew in it....
Send it to me, please. I'd better archive it before the ISPs or police take it down for good.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:21 pm
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Screamingophelia wrote:
Evidently they found her website... I can pM it
I took a quick glance at. It certainly mimics Erics website and her journal mimics both of their journals.
There also a picture of Dylan that she drew in it....
Send it to me, please. I'd better archive it before the ISPs or police take it down for good.
Sending it now
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:29 pm
They found her!!
In clear creek county 38 miles outside of Denver
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:38 pm
Screamingophelia wrote:
QuestionMark wrote:
Screamingophelia wrote:
Evidently they found her website... I can pM it
I took a quick glance at. It certainly mimics Erics website and her journal mimics both of their journals.
There also a picture of Dylan that she drew in it....
Send it to me, please. I'd better archive it before the ISPs or police take it down for good.
Sending it now
Thanks. Seems like somebody already went through and archived it, so it saves me the trouble.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:40 pm
She’s deceased according to the news.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:42 pm
Strongly assuming suicide. It wouldn’t surprise me if she did it like Eric did.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:48 pm
Had a feeling she would commit suicide.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:55 pm
I am not surprised she is dead due to suicide. I am surprised she didnt wait until the 20th though
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:56 pm
You know, now thinking about it, since she had an obsession with Columbine, do you think she had ever been on this forum before?
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:00 pm
Let's see if she blew the top of her head off like "daddy" Harris.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:02 pm
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You know, now thinking about it, since she had an obsession with Columbine, do you think she had ever been on this forum before?
It was brought up in the staff section here to see if she might have been here. I personally believe she was here. Either as a member or a lurker. With her obsession there is no way she hadn't visited at least casually imo
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:24 pm
This is crazy, I'm surprised she killed herself without trying to kill anyone.
Although I don't see why she would not have been on this forum, I hope she was not a member because the media will still blame us.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:32 pm
Honestly, much like the day of and the days after Columbine I think we’re hearing a lot of different pieces of information that may or not be true. I would love to hear the full story
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 1:34 pm
I know it's completely impractical, and not going to happen, but they should just build a new high school, with a new name, in a different location, and repurpose the old building for something else, like municipal offices. And rename that too. It's just too big of a draw to leave it there as is, as a monument to what happened.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 2:37 pm
She went to colorado and bought a gun. This goes beyond being just a fan.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:27 pm
This reminds me of the Hermeler twins. So wrapped up in Columbine that they’d commit suicide. Strange.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:33 pm
oh god she sounds like the female verison of Alvaro Castillo
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:34 pm
the only question I have is why did she do it?
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:40 pm
I feel kinda sad that she killed herself.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:47 pm
I hate Columbine copycats.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:47 pm
When I find interesting is that when it’s an 18-year-old girl people want to talk about mental health but when it’s an 18-year-old boys they are just automatically evil
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:57 pm
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I feel kinda sad that she killed herself.
Yeah, some might say that she did that for Columbine and that she was just a crazy fan girl, as if her only issue was to be a stupid girl, but you don't kill yourself and others just because you are a fangirl. She probably had serious issues. This must be awful for her parents.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:02 pm
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When I find interesting is that when it’s an 18-year-old girl people want to talk about mental health but when it’s an 18-year-old boys they are just automatically evil
yeah that is odd
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:07 pm
This really is desperately sad. I don't think she ever presented any true risk to anyone but herself.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 5:10 pm
Now that she committed suicide maybe people will wonder if this was really the good thing to do to launch a man hunt and to show her face everywhere if she had mental issues. No matter if she really presented any risk to anyone or not, this must have be really scary for her and I can understand that it makes you panic and lose it. Especially as she didn't try to kill anyone before committing suicide, she may not have been serious but people over panicked so she over panicked too.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:55 pm
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Evidently they found her website... I can pM it
Please send me the link if they haven't taken it down yet.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:33 pm
It is strange that she scanned the pages of her journals (and in B&W with a sharp contrast), probably to make them look like what we can read from E&D's journals, that is scans too.
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Wed Apr 17, 2019 8:28 pm
W.A.R. wrote:
Screamingophelia wrote:
Evidently they found her website... I can pM it
I took a quick glance at. It certainly mimics Erics website and her journal mimics both of their journals.
There also a picture of Dylan that she drew in it....
Can you pm me the link please?
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Subject: Re: Multiple schools on lockdown in Columbine area Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:33 am
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Now that she committed suicide maybe people will wonder if this was really the good thing to do to launch a man hunt and to show her face everywhere if she had mental issues. No matter if she really presented any risk to anyone or not, this must have be really scary for her and I can understand that it makes you panic and lose it. Especially as she didn't try to kill anyone before committing suicide, she may not have been serious but people over panicked so she over panicked too.
I don't think anyone over panicked. Let's not forget how much criticizing Jeffco police STILL get for not taking Eric's threats seriously. She made her bed and now she is laying in it. (literally)
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