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A high school student accused of conspiring to murder a fellow classmate and reportedly joking about it with an accomplice, has purportedly penned an apology letter to her parents.
“Dear Mama & Papa. I’m sorry for what I’m gonna do,” wrote 15-year-old Isabelle Valdez, as revealed in a letter released by the Florida State Attorney’s Office to Oxygen. “Hopefully you will find this paper. I want you guys to know that none of it is your fault, or anyone else’s for that matter. I chose to do this by myself, for myself, and Adam Lanza.”
Valdez, who allegedly devised the attempted murder plot alongside her 14-year-old friend Lois Lippert, expressed admiration for her parents and offered an apology for her actions.
“I want you guys to know that you were the most perfect parents ever,” she continued. “I’m sorry I could not be a better child. I’ve known there’s been something wrong with me since I was [a] little kid. I just never showed it, and I’m sorry. I was never really shy, I just hated people and I was aware of how disgusting everyone is, being forced to talk was torture. I pretended to be a socialite to make you guys happy because I loved seeing you guys happy. It was one of the only things that made me happy.”
She concluded, “Over the years, I’ve just lost control over myself and my emotions. Whenever I told someone I hated you guys, it was a pure lie. I’m sorry for ever hurting you and I deserve what’s coming for me, as I am also disgusting, cruel, and useless.”
The letter is not signed by Valdez and is not dated, but it was found in her backpack, according to the state attorney’s office. Both girls—who will be charged as adults—pleaded not guilty, according to court records.
In January, Valdez and Lippert were arrested in Seminole County, after police received an anonymous tip that Valdez planned to kill a fellow classmate at Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, according to a motion for pretrial detention document previously reviewed by Oxygen.
Valdez was allegedly motivated to kill her classmate, authorities wrote in the motion, because he reminded her of Sandy Hook School shooter Adam Lanza.
The plot, as outlined in the motion, involved a “blood ritual” in the boys’ bathroom during which the victim would either be stabbed or have his throat sliced with a 12-inch knife.
Lippert’s alleged role, per the motion, would be supplying flowers for the boy’s funeral and bringing gloves, cigarettes and a lighter to the crime scene. Lippert allegedly drew “graphic and disturbing” images of the boy, depicting him in violent and sexual scenarios.
Footage shot from the backseat of a police car that was released by the Office of the State Attorney 18th Judicial Circuit and published in media outlets such as WKMG News 6, depicted the teens laughing and discussing makeup options for their mugshots. “This is such a bonding experience,” Lippert told Valdez in the video.
“I was going to do my makeup this morning for the mugshot,” Valdez said in the footage. “But I couldn’t find anything.”
She continued, “I don’t feel guilty for my actions.”
In the footage, Valdez also disclosed that she wrote a note to her parents.
The teens are charged with six crimes, according to court records reviewed by Oxygen, including attempted first-degree premeditated murder and possession of a weapon on school property.
Valdez and Lippert remain in custody without bond until their trial, according to a March 12 update from the Office of State Attorney William Scheiner.
The teens next court appearance is April 29. Attorneys for Lippert and Valdez did not immediately respond to a request from Oxygen.