In a grim development from Florida, two teenagers are set to face trial as adults after a grand jury indicted them for the premeditated murder of a 14-year-old girl. The tragic incident involved the victim being shot multiple times and subsequently set on fire.

The accused, Gabriel Williams, 16, and Kimahri Blevins, 14, were each charged with first-degree premeditated murder. According to the State Attorney’s Office, they allegedly lured Danika Troy to a secluded area in Pace, Florida, where the murder took place. This announcement was made via news releases on Friday.

Both Williams and Blevins are to be tried as adults and are currently being held without bail at the Santa Rosa County Jail. Their arraignment is scheduled for January 8, 2026.

The victim, Danika, was reported as a runaway by her mother on December 1. Tragically, her body was discovered the following day by a passerby in the wooded area of Pace, a community within Florida’s Panhandle. Investigators revealed that she had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and had been set ablaze.

Authorities confirmed the grand jury’s decision on Friday, indicting both Williams and Blevins for the first-degree premeditated murder of Danika Troy.

Investigators quickly identified the suspects as Gabriel Williams and Blevins, two teens who knew Danika from school, and took them into custody.

Danika Troy, a 14-year-old Florida teenager, was found shot multiple times and burned in a wooded area in Pace, Florida, on Dec. 1, 2025. Danika’s mother had reported her as a runaway the day prior. (GoFundMe)

Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson described the killing at a news conference after Danika’s body was found earlier this month.

“This is where it gets really horrific,” he said, explaining that Williams allegedly stole his mother’s handgun before shooting Danika. “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.”

Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson told reporters that the suspects were supposedly friends with the victim from school. He said investigators were still working to determine a motive during a news conference on Dec. 4, 2025. (Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office)

The motive for the killing remains unclear. Johnson said the explanations the teens offered at the time “don’t fit the forensics or any facts of the case,” adding, “so we don’t have a legit motive.”

Detectives initially believed the murder may have stemmed from a social-media dispute over Thanksgiving break. According to the sheriff’s office, the boys claimed they targeted Danika because she had blocked Blevins on social media and called Williams “worthless and a gang banger.”

Danika’s mother, Ashley Troy, rejected that narrative, telling the New York Post, “What those boys said is an excuse.”