One other thing that’s minor and irrelevant to the crime, but which I can’t quite understand.
We hear that Brianna would have felt glad she was being asked out by someone she thought was a friend, as if she was socially isolated and turned gratefully to Girl X because she didn’t have much company.
But didn’t Brianna, in contrast to Boy Y (and maybe Girl X) have loads of social media followers? On TikTok she does “get ready with me” videos, appears without make up, dances, acts out skits with other girls, poses in skimpy outfits.
This isn’t remotely to blame or problematise Brianna. All the above is probably typical of girls her age. But she does not come across as someone especially lacking confidence and friends, who needed to hang out with sinister weirdos.
We hear that Brianna would have felt glad she was being asked out by someone she thought was a friend, as if she was socially isolated and turned gratefully to Girl X because she didn’t have much company.
But didn’t Brianna, in contrast to Boy Y (and maybe Girl X) have loads of social media followers? On TikTok she does “get ready with me” videos, appears without make up, dances, acts out skits with other girls, poses in skimpy outfits.
This isn’t remotely to blame or problematise Brianna. All the above is probably typical of girls her age. But she does not come across as someone especially lacking confidence and friends, who needed to hang out with sinister weirdos.