The boyfriend of 15-year-old Ahliana Dickey will be charged with killing her just before her eighth-grade graduation.
Trevor Bady, 21, from Tewksbury, allegedly shot Dickey in her home on Lawrence Street in Lowell, according to the police. He will face several charges, including murder and armed home invasion.
Dickey was supposed to attend her eighth-grade graduation on June 14. When she didn’t show up, her family went to her home and found her on the floor of a bedroom with gunshot wounds.
Earlier on June 14, just after midnight, police were called to Lawrence Street for a fight between a man and a woman. The caller reported hearing a woman scream, “Get off me; get away from me. I don’t want to be with you anymore,” followed by gunshots. Police arrived but couldn’t find the couple.
Police said Bady had a history of being abusive to Dickey. Video shows him leaving her home just after midnight on June 14. They also found that Bady allegedly took an Uber to and from Lawrence Street around the time of the murder.
Dickey is remembered by her loved ones as an inspirational and positive person.
“She was a positive person. If I was down, she’d lift me up. She wanted to do bright things in life,” said her friend Skyla Guthrie from Lowell.