Boy is expelled from school - Out of anger he kills his classmate (†16)

Moreno Valley (California/USA) - A 23-year-old will spend the rest of his life behind bars with no chance of parole. The charge: murder. However, even after five years, there is still no trace of the body.

But what happened in the first place?

As People reported, Owen Skyler Shover allegedly killed his schoolmate Aranda Briones in 2019.

The two had previously skipped school together with friends on November 7, 2017 and were chilling in a park. However, when a school policeman ran into them, they made off as quickly as they could.

Shover handed the 16-year-old a gun he had been carrying and told her to hide it.

Briones reacted in panic and threw the gun into a drainage canal. She was seen by the officer, who quickly arrested her.

When Briones then explained that the gun belonged to Shover, both students were expelled from school in February 2018. And Shover is said to have held the 16-year-old solely responsible for this.

The young woman was last seen around a year later, on January 13, 2019, when she got into Shover's car and drove off with him. The then 18-year-old then picked up his brother Gary and drove with him to the mountains.

Shortly afterwards, Briones was reported missing, and investigators found the teenager's blood in Shover's truck, as well as evidence that the boy had bought a gun shortly beforehand.

And as if all that wasn't clear enough. Shortly before the student's disappearance, Shover had written a message to his brother on Facebook: "Get ready for tonight. Have a shovel and lighter fluid ready."

To this day, the student's body has never been found. Nevertheless, Judge Timothy J. Hollenhorst was certain: Shover must be guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

"Mr. Shover, from everything I know about you, you are obviously incapable of feeling remorse," he said harshly to the murderer. "Therefore, I will not lecture you on how devastating your actions were in this case. However, there is no question in the court's mind that you embody pure evil."

Gary Shover was also sentenced after pleading guilty to accessory after the fact to murder. He received twelve months' probation.