Man Arrested, Charged with Fatally Shooting Fifteen Year Old Ahliana Dickey
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LOWELL – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Lowell Police Superintendent Greg Hudon have confirmed that Trevor Bady, 21 of Tewksbury has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting Ahliana Dickey, age 15, inside her Lawrence Street home in Lowell.
Bady has been charged with murder, armed home invasion, unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, use of a firearm while committing a felony and discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a building. He will be arraigned tomorrow in Lowell District Court.
On June 14, 2024, Ahliana Dickey was scheduled to attend her eighth grade graduation. When she did not appear, her family became concerned and attempted to locate her before ultimately going to her home. At approximately 6:10 p.m., the victim’s grandmother called Lowell Police to report that her granddaughter had been found, possibly deceased, inside her Lawrence Street home. Upon arrival, police located the victim, subsequently identified as Ahliana Dickey on the floor in a first-floor bedroom with apparent gunshot wounds. Multiple shell casings were also located at the scene.
Investigators learned that the victim had been in an abusive relationship with a man, later identified as Trevor Bady and that Bady had allegedly hit her and threatened her in the past.
Shortly after midnight on June 14, 2024, Lowell Police received a call from an individual on Lawrence Street reporting that a male and female were fighting outside across the street. The caller reported hearing a female screaming “get off me, get away from me, I don’t want to be with you anymore.” The caller also reported hearing gunshots.
Police responded to the scene but the parties could not be located. Video recovered in the area of the scene allegedly showed a female, later identified as the victim yelling for help shortly before midnight and a male party, allegedly identified as the defendant, leaving the victim’s home shortly after midnight.
On June 15, 2024 police learned that the defendant had allegedly taken an Uber to and from the victim’s home before and after the murder. The driver later reported that he had had a suspicious passenger and expressed concern. That passenger was allegedly identified as the defendant.
This afternoon police were able to locate the defendant inside a Peabody residence. He was arrested without incident.
This is an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Lowell Police and Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office. The Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section, the Middlesex Sherriff’s Office Warrant Apprehension Unit, Tewksbury Police, Nashua Police.
The prosecutor assigned to this case is Christopher Tarrant. The victim witness advocate is Renee Leone.