A 16-year-old Missouri girl was shot in the head and left dead inside her home by three friends who abandoned her body for hours before her mother discovered the horrific scene. Three juveniles now face criminal charges in a case that has devastated multiple families in Jefferson County.
Body Discovered After Mother Returns Home
Gabbriana Boyster, known to friends as Gabby, was found Saturday afternoon by her mother at their residence on Tower Road near Hillsboro, approximately 45 minutes southwest of St. Louis. Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene where Candy G’Sell had discovered her daughter’s body. Paramedics pronounced the teen dead at the scene. Investigators believe the shooting occurred Friday evening while three juveniles who knew Boyster were inside the home.
G’Sell had been away when the shooting happened. Her last conversation with her daughter came Friday night when Gabby assured her mother she was staying home. G’Sell told her to lock the door. When G’Sell returned Saturday afternoon, she walked into her daughter’s room and found her sitting up, dead from a gunshot wound. The teen’s body had been left there for hours.
Three Friends Charged In Fatal Shooting
The Jefferson County Juvenile Office charged one suspect with involuntary manslaughter, unlawful use of a weapon resulting in death, armed criminal action, and abandonment of a corpse. Two additional suspects were each charged with abandonment of a corpse before being released. Authorities have not identified any of the three suspects because they are minors. Investigators confirmed that all three juveniles knew Boyster, and G’Sell identified them as friends of her daughter. Officials have not disclosed what led to the shooting.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Grant Bissell emphasized the widespread impact of the tragedy. One family has lost their loved one, while three other families now face the consequences of their children’s actions. Bissell described the situation as devastating for everyone involved, with no winners in the aftermath of this senseless loss of life.
Community Mourns Promising Young Life
G’Sell remembered her daughter as a kind-hearted teenager who loved her family, cared deeply about her friends, and dreamed of becoming an ultrasound technician. Instead of preparing for Gabby’s junior year at Hillsboro High School, her mother spent the week planning her daughter’s funeral. The Hillsboro School District announced that grief counselors would be available for students and families following Boyster’s death. Superintendent Dr. Jon Isaacson acknowledged the unimaginable loss and committed to providing support for everyone grieving during this difficult time.
Put them on death row after they are found guilty and not for decades like the prison system does now. They are “animals” and nothing but. If a rabid dog is on the loose, it is usually put down. What good would it do to keep them in prison for life?
Dear God will it ever stop. Such a dear young lady.
making the girls face the situation should help/ Let them see the crime photos of what they did thrn toss thm in a room with the parents. Im guessing that mother would have a punihment appropriate for the murder of her daughter
Guess who!!
Stop codderling these rotten children by hiding their identities! I have one of those rotten children & have put him in jail for asulting me. He is a dog killer & is stock piling semi automatic rifles. He says he will never be taken alive. He’s threatened his live-in girlfriend with a gun to her face. This will not end well!
Did you read what 1 of them got charge with involuntary manslaugler that isn’t a life in prison or death penty charge . Now they might upgrade it murder one but right now 2 of them are looking at 5 years and the shooter 10 to 15 years.
Agree 100%. Put down all three after conviction and one customary appeal. NO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE! Garbage needs to be put out.
It is the lack of graphic punishments connected to such acts that have downplayed these actions effects on our societies into all to common acceptable behaviors and that is just going to lead to accusations leading to notoriety and paid contracts leading to the films, plays even musicals yet to appear. But the mother finding her daughter in such a condition is more then horrific and definitely demands accountability and respect of humanity!
Usual suspects????