Two teenagers from Florida, both startlingly youthful in appearance, are set to be tried as adults after being accused of the brutal murder of a 14-year-old girl, whose body they reportedly set ablaze.

Gabriel Williams, 16, and Kimahri Blevins, 14, from the town of Pace, were formally charged last Friday with the first-degree premeditated murder of Danika Troy, another 14-year-old, in an incident that took place late last month. This development was reported by WEAR News.

Facing the grave possibility of life imprisonment if found guilty, Williams and Blevins have left a community in shock. Danika Troy’s mother, speaking to The New York Post, expressed her fervent hope that the harshest possible punishment is handed down to the accused.

Ashley Troy last saw her daughter on November 30. When Danika failed to return home, she was reported as missing the following morning, initially believed to have run away.

In a press briefing, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson disclosed that, unbeknownst to Danika’s mother, the teenager had been murdered the night before she was reported missing.

Her dead body was found – charred with gunshot wounds – in a remote wooded area on December 2 at around 11am. 

Investigators found multiple rounds of live ammunition nearby and evidence of a fire. 

Authorities said Williams stole his mother’s handgun to carry out the crime, but none of the parents have been charged with any wrongdoing.

According to police, the alleged killers were friends with Troy from school, but the three teens ended up on bad terms over Thanksgiving break. 

Gabriel Williams, 16, and Kimahri Blevins, 14, of Pace, will be tried as adults for the murder of 14-year-old Danika Troy

Troy’s body was found charred and with riddled with bullet holes in the woods on December 2  

The teen boys allegedly plotted to kill Troy because she blocked Blevins on social media and called Williams ‘worthless and a gang-banger,’ Law & Crime reported. 

A witness allegedly told investigators that Williams and Blevins had planned out the murder, but had only anticipated shooting her once. 

Williams was allegedly the one who escalated the heinous crime by setting Troy on fire. 

On the night of the murder, Blevins’ mother caught him sneaking back into his house, according to Law & Crime.

He allegedly told his mother that he went out to have a cigarette, but she told police that she did not smell any smoke on him.

Both Blevins and Williams have since allegedly confirmed that there was a ‘falling out’ with Troy.

The young girl’s mother now claims Williams lured her into meeting them the night of the murder by pretending to have a crush on her.

The accused murderers have had ‘run-ins’ with the law in the past, but the sheriff did not say if they had ever been arrested. 

Now, Ashley said, she needs more answers.

‘I’m just left asking why,’ she said. ‘She just wanted to be loved.’ 

She was found dead after an alleged ‘falling out’ with the two accused killers 

Troy was last seen alive by her mother on November 30. She was reported missing the following morning 

Despite the heinous murder, Ashley said she does not ‘blame those boys.’

‘I blame evil influence,’ she explained. ‘I don’t hate them, I hate what they did to my baby.’ 

Still, she said, she is struggling to accept what happened.

‘Every other day, every new wave of pain and denial of how this could be real – my baby, killed. It’s nothing I ever imagined, my worst nightmare,’ she told the Post, saying she and her other daughter have been left reeling as they prepare for Christmas.

‘There’s an emptiness where we were once three and are now just two.’

As Troy’s loved ones continue to grieve her untimely death, a GoFundMe has been created to help her family cover funeral expenses. 

The fundraiser has garnered more than $30,000 in donations as of Sunday night.

‘This is a hard time for the family and anything will help. I’m not just asking for donations, but for prayer as well,’ the page organizer wrote. 

Williams and Blevins are now being held at the Santa Rosa County Jail without bond. They are due back in court for an arraignment on January 8.