Timeline of events leading up to Brianna Ghey’s murder

Here is a timeline of events leading up to the 16-year-old’s death.

Brianna Ghey (Family handout/Cheshire Police/PA) (PA Media)

Two youths have been found guilty of murdering teenager Brianna Ghey in a “frenzied and ferocious” knife attack.

The two teenage defendants, known as girl X and boy Y, killed the 16-year-old in Culcheth Linear Park, near Warrington, Cheshire, on February 11.

Here is a timeline of events leading up to Brianna’s death:

2022

November

– The two teenagers discussed killing a child referred to in court as boy M.

December 5

– Girl X sends boy Y a video which was apparently an advert for an underground site for people who like rape, snuff, torture and murder.

December 15

– Girl X messages boy Y, telling him she is “obsessed over someone” called Brianna but did not have feelings for them.

2023

January 1

– Boy Y sends girl X a photograph of a hunting knife and tells her: “Spent my money. I bought a knife.”

January 23

– Girl X messages boy Y, telling him she gave Brianna so many ibuprofen gel tablets it “should have been enough to kill her”.

January 26

– The two teenagers compile a list of at least four people, as well as Brianna, they wanted to kill.

February 3

– Girl X sends boy Y a picture of a handwritten note of their plan of how to kill Brianna, titled “Saturday 11th February 2023. Victim: Brianna Ghey”.

February 11

1.41pm – Brianna sends her mother a message saying: “I’m on the bus by myself, I’m scared.”

1.53pm – Brianna meets girl X and boy Y at a bus stop in Culcheth.

2.30pm – Brianna messages a friend, describing girl X as “weird”.

3.06pm – Brianna sends a message to girl X saying “Girl where are you”.

3.13pm – Brianna is found lifeless by dog walkers Kathryn and Andrew Vize.

4.02pm – Brianna is declared dead at the scene.

February 12

– Girl X and boy Y are arrested at their homes.

February 15

Police find Brianna’s phone in a drain, stained with her blood in an area girl X and boy Y were seen walking shortly after the murder.