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A teenage girl from Florida was reportedly attacked and stabbed by her former boyfriend in a brutal assault, and then abandoned in a nature reserve to die, just a fortnight after marking her 16th birthday.
The body of Abbriella Elliott was found by a hiker about 50 to 100 feetĀ inside the Cypress Lakes Preserve Trailhead in Hernando County on the morning of March 27, the Hernando Sun reported.
Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhui said that a witness saw Elliott leaving her home at around 1 a.m. that morning, where they believe she went āto go meet an individual who was likely the person who killed her.ā
āWe could tell pretty quickly that there was a lot of passion and a lot of violence involved in the particular death so we were relatively confident that it wasnāt a random act,ā Nienhuis said during a press conference. āIt was nothing short of very violent.ā
Nienhui said the teen was likely killed with an āedged weapon.ā
Cameron Cubel, 16, was arrested on first-degree murder charges on March 28 in connection to Elliottās killing, Fox 13 Tampa reported.
Nienhuis said that the victim knew her alleged killer but didnāt elaborate further.
However, Elliottās parents told 10 Tampa Bay that Cubel is their daughterās ex-boyfriend and that the pair had been broken up for six months.
Her parents said that Elliot was killed two weeks after her 16th birthday.
Police have yet to confirm the nature of the teensā relationship but did say Cubel had a prior battery charge.
The Post has contacted the Hernando County Sheriffās Office for comment.
Elliotās mother, Danyel Caltagirone, described her daughter as someone who was āalways smiling and singing and acting goofyā in a GoFundMe set up to help the family with funeral expenses.
āAbbyās spirit shone brightly, and she had an extraordinary ability to make others feel loved and cherished. Her laughter and warmth filled every room, and she had an unwavering ability to lift the spirits of everyone she met,ā the teenās family described her further in an obituary.
At a prayer vigil held for Elliot on March 30, her stepfather, Leo Lind, said she would have been āso happyā with the number of people who showed up to celebrate her life, Bay News 9 reported.
āThe light she brings to people, her smiles, sheās just fun to be around,ā he said.
āIām just so happy, and I know sheās here with us, and she saw the turnout.ā
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.