High School Murder Plot Details To Remain Sealed
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) - A judge will not unseal details in the case of two teenage girls accused of conspiring to kill students at Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch.
Douglas County District Judge Paul King said it would be premature to release the documents in the case against Sienna Johnson. The affidavit will be sealed until March 30.
"The bell cannot be unrung," said King during the hearing on Wednesday.
Johnson, 16, has been charged as an adult with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Her case could be returned to juvenile court after the court documents are unsealed.
"Essentially what the judge said, once the information is out there, the information is available to the public and that information cannot be taken back and... the court was concerned about the public having information that they shouldn't have if this case doesn't stay in adult court," said Assistant District Attorney Jason Siers with the 18th Judicial
District.
On Thursday, prosecutors will decide whether to charge the other girl as an adult.
Johnson had allegedly planned what the sheriff's office called a "credible attack" with a fellow female student. Prosecutors have called Johnson "dangerous" and claim she had drawn a map showing where people in the school would be standing on the day of the planned attack. Next to the map were the letters N-B-K, or "Natural Born Killers," referring to the film.
The district attorney's office says after being arrested Johnson told them she would still carry out her plan if let go.
The plot was discovered through a Text-A-Tip to Douglas County authorities on Dec. 12. The attack had been planned for the following week.
