· Key Takeaways AaronSchmidt found temporary refuge with the Callahan family, escaping his history of familial abuse and neglect. A minor disciplinary action restricting Aaron's access to the Callahan home preceded the tragic incident.
· Investigation Discovery’s ‘Deadliest Kids: The Murder of AlanaCalahan’ chronicles how a 14-year-old teen, AlanaCalahan, was murdered in cold blood inside her Harlem, Georgia, residence in late January 2011.
· This article examines the details of the case, the legal proceedings that followed, and the ongoing debate surrounding Schmidt’s conviction and life sentence.
· Lacy AaronSchmidt appeals his convictions and sentences for malice murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and theft by taking in connection with the fatal shooting of Alana May Calahan.
Lacy AaronSchmidt is accused of shooting 14-year-old AlanaCalahan in the back of her head as she sat in her family’s home.
· The tragic case of Lacy AaronSchmidt, which has resurfaced questions about juvenile justice and sentencing, involves the murder of 14-year-old AlanaCalahan in Harlem, Georgia.
4 days ago · Authorities said the boy, Lacy AaronSchmidt, went to his friend AlanaCalahan’s house and shot her in the back of the neck in January 2011. They say he then dragged her into nearby woods, where she died from the gunshot wound, and later tried to make it appear that someone had abducted her.
