Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - Florida Teens to be Tried as Adults for Luring Classmate to Shooting Death | Crime Alert 6AM 12.26.25

Episode Date: December 26, 2025

Two Florida teens indicted in connection with the death of Danika Troy, a 14-year-old Pace girl found murdered earlier this month. A reserve police officer and his wife have been arrested and charged with subjecting their biological and foster children to “cruel and unusual punishment.” A man charged with shooting his grandfather dead two years ago at the behest of his mother has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and will testify against the mother. Sydney Sumner reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crime Alert, hourly update. Breaking Crime News now. I'm Sidney Sumner. Two Florida teens were indicted Friday in connection with the death of Danica Troy, a 14-year-old Pace girl, found murdered earlier this month. Gabriel Williams, 16, and Camari Blevins, 14, are facing first-degree premeditated murder charges for the death of Danica Troy, 14, who had been shot multiple times. Deputies in Pace responded to a dead body call off of Kimberly Road. They developed two suspects. One, a 14-year-old boy, and another one, a 16-year-old boy.

The 16-year-old boy, Gabriel Williams, stole his mother's handgun and shot Danica Troy. Kamari Blevins is the 14-year-old. They're being held on first-degree premeditated murder charges. And here's where it even gets worse. It's bad enough. You kill a 14-year-old. You're 14, you're 16. Shoot her multiple times. Then they set her on. on fire. Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson says the defendants lured Danica to a wooded area, shot her, doused her body with gasoline, and set her on fire. We do know that she had a crush on the 16-year-old boy, and we believe that's why she went out into the woods with him. She had no idea she was going to be murdered, obviously. Danica's mother reported her missing after the teen

vanished with her scooter. While she had been reported as a runaway on December 1st, her burned body was discovered and paced the following day. A witness reportedly claims Blevins said the initial plan was to shoot Danica wants, but Gabriel continued to shoot. They then burned Danica's body and left the area. Investigators are still trying to determine the motive behind the killing,

unconvinced that the shooting stemmed from a fight over social media, where Danica called one of the suspects a worthless gangbanger. I mean, if you call somebody a name in 8th grade, How many of name-calling fights end up with somebody being shot and burned to death? It just doesn't add up to me. There was something else going on, and we don't know what that is.

My detectives interviewed them both, and they stuck with the story of, yeah, they got called the name, so that's why they killed her. An arraignment for both defendants is scheduled for January 8th. A reserve police officer and his wife have been arrested in charge with subjecting their biological and foster children to cruel and unusual punishment. Matthew and Cassandra Boatwright, 34 and 32, have each been charged with six counts of second-degree child abuse, four counts of strangulation, and two counts of domestic violence. Matthew Boatwright faces an additional domestic violence charge, along with two counts of

assault with the weapon and one count of felony firearm. Boatwright was immediately relieved of his duties by the Quincy Police Department, where he served as a reserve officer. Cassandra Boatwright was also put on leave from her job as a Quincy School, school's bus driver. Seven children were involved. Two of them foster placements, one under Matthew Boatwright's guardianship, and the remaining four, the couple's biological or stepchildren. All seven, between the ages of seven and 15, have been taken into state custody. According to a probable cause statement, the children told investigators they were forced to drink dish soap mixed

with water. They were hit with a leather belt and a board as punishment, and they were frequently handcuffed behind their backs and forced to sit for long stretches of time. Four of the children said both parents choked them. Two of the foster children reported that Matthew Boatwright lifted one of them by his neck and pinned him to a bathroom wall while pointing a gun at his head. He also pointed the gun at several young foster children during the same incident. Investigators found three unsecured and unregistered guns at the Boatwright residents along with a board, belt, and handcuffs. The couple was arraigned. and ordered held on $200,000 bonds.

If they do post-bond, they are not allowed contact with the children involved in the abuse and cannot have unsupervised contact with any minors. A man charged with shooting his grandfather dead two years ago at the behest of his mother has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and will testify against the mother. Jacob Campanin, 22, entered his plea deal last week, An open murder charge, along with conspiracy and firearm charges, were dismissed. Campanan and his mother, Margaret Campan, left home on December 7th in Minnesota, heading to the home of Margaret Campan's father-in-law, 87-year-old Alvin Campan.

Margaret Campan's husband told police he had no contact with her and his children after they left, and that he was concerned they were heading to his father's house in Wisconsin. He reported a text from his father that they had arrived, but Alvin Campanin didn't reply any further. Authorities found Alvin dead from a gunshot wound on December 19th, then traced Margaret Campan and her son via license plate readers, arresting them at a gas station in Iowa that same day. Margaret and Jacob Campan claimed that the man they killed was not Alvin.

A search warrant says Jacob told investigators they believed his grandfather was already dead when they arrived at the house to seek shelter. quote, Jacob advised that the spirits told him Grandpa opened the well up behind the house and the spirits killed him. Margaret Campaninan made similar statements telling investigators the man they found was able to get up like a 20-year-old

and was not her father-in-law. The search warrant noted that many of the claims they made about Alvin were similar to the plot of the horror movie The Visit. Houghton County prosecuting attorney Dan Helmer says he ultimately agreed to the plea deal with Jacob after learning Iowa police did not honor his request for a lawyer during questioning. At his plea hearing, Jacob campaigned admitted driving to his grandfather's house and shooting him,

then shooting him again at his mother's encouragement. His sentencing has not been scheduled, and he will testify against his mother when her trial begins next year. For the latest crime injustice breaking news, be sure to follow the Crime Alert hourly update on your favorite podcast app. With this crime alert, I'm Sidney Sumner. This is an IHeart podcast Guaranteed human