Reads as if Allegra had a lot of good stuff going on in her life, which makes this story even harder to hear about, somehow. The loss of an Olympic-maybe-someday will be a very high additional price to pay, if in fact she is guilty of murder. What a waste, all the way around.

My sympathies to the John Doe's family, the Sillimans or whomever it turns out to be.

All of this is so hard to believe. In interviews with classmates on WRAL this evening, no one could believe that Allegra was involved in this crime. The empty house where the victim was found belongs to Allegra's family and she lived there until about 2 years ago (at least according to the news report). I also heard that all four have been charged with homicide/murder, but as of about 15 minutes ago, they had not released the name of the victim.

The exact same thing happened in another town near Raleigh recently. Same type of alert for a young man. Arrested 4 or 5 kids for murder AND the parents of one of the accused. The thugs shot the boy and buried him. The parents helped them dig up the body and move it. Real nice bunch of folks. IIRC, mom was a realtor, she had tracks all over the Internet.

I did a search on Allegra Rose Dahlquist and found some poetry. It doesn't seem to be a very common name -- so perhaps it's the same person?

http://www.poetry.com/dotnet/P8822203/999/7/display.aspx

NOTE FROM STEVE: That name is so rare I'd be really surprised if it wasn't her.

Matthew Silliman's profile photograph on Facebook is pretty strange. I've got a kid in high school and these incidents are of great concern. I know that the general consensus is that there really are not any more child abductions than there used to be; just that they are more widely publicized. But this kind of "Lord of the Flies" activity of miscreant youth; that really seems to be on the upswing. What kind of crop of narcissistic sociopaths have we produced?

I know, as you said, that "ICP doesn't condone murder," but almost every time you report on a teenager being involved in some kind of killing, there's a Juggalo/ette connection.

I for one would be a little nervous if my own children got involved in that culture...

ICP doesn't even make music anymore. Most law enforcement types consider their followers to be a disorganized gang, especially in states like Colorado and Utah where there are way too many of them.

But hey if you want to paint your face like Gacy and act like a retard eh, to each his own.

allegra has a poem published here:

http://www.poetry.com/dotnet/P8822203/999/6/display.aspx

I have met allegra a hand ful of times and she seems to be very caring person of animals and humans, but did have a expression in her choices of hair color and dark clothing. I think she just got caught up in a bad situation and was to late to turn back. Our Kitten was born under the porch of that house.

I knew Matt Silliman for six years, he did not have dementia, but something was wrong with him. He was a really great kid up until he turned 18, around then he started hanging around with a really rough crowd. I haven't ever met any of the convicted, but they seem to be pretty rough. With the exception of Allegra, who by all accounts was a nice person.

yea, so, i knew only matt and aadil. aadil was in my german 2 class i needed to graduate. very cool kid friends with most everyone i knew. matt i met when i moved to apex sophomore year, does anyone remember Kito Bizieff. both friends of mind. and no one gave him shit for killing himself.

i had talked to matt and aadil few weeks back, and they couldnt be more best friends. they were always in to doing stupid shit together, so im wondering if this is any different. something accidental, and they were scared and trying to cover it up

whatever happend will surely be reveled soon.

yea, so, i knew only matt and aadil. aadil was in my german 2 class i needed to graduate. very cool kid friends with most everyone i knew. matt i met when i moved to apex sophomore year, does anyone remember Kito Bizieff. both friends of mind. and no one gave him (@$&( for killing himself.

i had talked to matt and aadil few weeks back, and they couldnt be more best friends. they were always in to doing stupid schtuff together, so im wondering if this is any different. something accidental, and they were scared and trying to cover it up

as for the juggalo crap. yea im not affilated with any of that but can assure that yea, some of the lyrics to most of their songs are about killing and doing drugs. so that asside, you can then take it how you want. but being appart of something like that doesnt make you MAKE those bad decisions. its the life that preceeds it.

whatever happened will surely be reveled soon.

Okay, so first off... I'd like to state that someone should probably ask about the videos first because that was a project on Pythagoras that our entire Sophomore English class did, not just Aadil.
I'm not going to state whether or not I believe that the four are guilty or innocent. Just that, someone needs to thoroughly research a video before they say things like "wannabe filmmaker" as an aspirition. I know it's your job to stretch the truth, and your job to deliberately take things out of context so that it makes your story sound more interesting. But this is just ridiculous. And by the way, none of us are laughing at your witty comments. This is a tragedy and it's a shame that it happened to Matt.
It's true that they were all friends. Anyone could see that. Putting your little witty spin on it isn't making it any better for his friends, such as myself.

Matt was my best friend for around 4 or 5 years. I don't want to talk about this anymore really, but I know he would get a kick out of this article if he was here still, and if an article had to be written about his unfortunate death, he wouldn't mind a little humor. This is just his style.

people who feel fucking sorry for the killers are all assholes. and people that are fucking CRYING and WEEPING in the middle of fucking second period are all fucking assholes. they were caught for a reason, investigators aren't stupid. people crying for their 'friends' cuz they murdered someone are just idiots crying for attention cuz they can't get any anywhere else. go bawl at home, don't come to school, cry to your friends, and then walk to class with a docile face. get a fucking life. that goes to all the dramatic people that cried in school and had people pat their back and leave for like 50 minutes of class, this goes out to you.

dont get mad at someone for thinking it was murder, they're making assumptions too, just like you for thinking they are innocent.

Look, whoever anon. is:
Maybe we're crying for the loss of our FRIEND? And the fact that our other friends could have possibly done this?! It's NATURAL TO FEEL LOSS, so maybe you should have a little more sympathy for those close to the victim/suspects. Geez, how would you feel if it was one of your best friends? I bet you wouldn't be calling it fucking "dramatic" then, would you?

And to the author of this - seriously, your witty comments aren't needed. This is a tragedy, not something to be joked about. And you shouldn't assume to know so much about the suspects - you've never met them in person, much less spent time with them. I knew all but Drew, and all were very nice people.

look bud, i wasn't talking about the people crying for matt. if anything i cried for matt too. im talking about the people who know the alleged suspects and are acting all normal and happy when they're NOT WITH FRIENDS. i know what it's like to lose people, it's not fun and it's very painful. my respects go out to those people who were very close with matt, not the fony friends who pretend to know him to get sympathy for their poor pathetic lives

To those of you attacking the author of this blog:

1. He has never said that the individuals charged with murder are horrible people. However, if they are found to be guilty, the fact that four people can murder another innocent teenager, is a horrible thing. Period.

2. The witty style that he has is just the way he writes. If you don't like it, stop reading HIS blog.

3. The author is very good about providing updates about whether or not people are sentenced with the crime they are charged for. If any of these kids are found to be innocent, you can be sure that he will make that information known.

Oh, Becs, you knew the kids would come out of the woodwork for this one...they always do, laying blame anywhere and everywhere but where it rightfully belongs. Attacking Steve is classic commenter-in-denial behavior. They Google and end up here, ready for a fight. They'll move along soon enough I'm sure.

By the way, for the teenagers reading here - the four suspects have not been "convicted" yet - only accused.

It all goes back to that old saying, "Pick your friends wisely". It is sad when people die so young.

Yeah Steve. They were *nice people*. I mean, they are accused of killing someone, but they were *nice*. Don't forget that when you're making witty comments. How dare you. I'm sure the police arrested them with no evidence at all. They are NICE PEOPLE.

Oy. Kids. Think they know everything and the world revolves around them, eh? (I'm sure I wasn't any different.)

nice, mean, what have you.
a murder is a murder, someone's life was taken
you can't replace that

Two of these kids live extremly close to me. I've got a child going to one of these 2 schools in a couple years and it's starting to worry me greatly. Not just these 2 schools but ALL of them. Everywhere. I'm on the internet a lot for business and I've seen and heard it all. I do wonder what kind of monsters we're raising sometimes. Were the parents not aware of their online and Facebook activities? Whether he is proven guilty or not guilty - was the swat team storming the house last March not enough of a wake up call to get that kid some help???!

I know all the kids except for Drew. Matt had been getting in a lot of trouble, and drinking heavily for several weeks before this happened. Ryan Hare got in trouble last year for having a paintball gun on school property, not a gun, but a paintball gun. When Apex Swat swarmed his house, they found his fathers gun and ammo. His father had been in the military at one time. The media keeps leaving the part out that the gun wasn't Ryans. Adil was goofy, and funny and shy at times. Allegra had her hair dyed partially blue, and hated rap music. She listened to Poets of the Fall and Ocean Machine. Shes a sweet, quiet kid that adored animals, rode horses every day, and had never been in trouble before. I could not believe any of this kids doing something like this! Especially Allegra.

I find the repeated use of "witty" as if it meant verbal abuse rather telling. God help 'em if they're ever encounter sarcasm or irony.

I knew Ryan, Allegra, and Drew.

Allegra was nice but generally quiet, though most times she seemed kinda sad. The last time I saw her we went to the Pirates 3 movie with a bunch of people. I was shocked to see her involved in this.

Ryan was funny and loved history and politics from what I could tell. He wasn't into drugs but carried a knife and at least $200 on him at all times. He didn't drop out of school, he was suspended for a year for shooting a paintball gun at a bus.

Drew on the other hand was on drugs most of the time. He was a funny kid, but he usually said stupid things. He was a Rastafarian and seemed to worship ICP. He was trying to grow dredlocks for a while, I'm not sure why he stopped.

None of these people were "bad". I was probably most concerned about Ryan but I never thought he would kill anyone. Drew and Ryan were good friends and Drew would probably do what Ryan told him to do. Allegra and Ryan had been dating for a good amount of time.

That's just my insight from the whole thing. Innocent until proven guilty. I wish I knew Matt though, he seemed like a great guy. I wish his family and friends the best.

"I find the repeated use of "witty" as if it meant verbal abuse rather telling. God help 'em if they're ever encounter sarcasm or irony."

No kidding. Are some of these kids posting here actually in high school? Most of them seem barely literate. My six year old has better grammar than some of these fools.

Cause of death was asphyxiation but not strangulation. No more details relieved.

Many more details and results of search warrants:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1338209.html

I don't know Allegra. But I dated Drew for awhile and I knew Ryan (Drew and Ryan were real close) and I met Aidil (or however you spell it) once or twice. Drew's always had issues. A stay at Dorthea Dix, beating a kid with a crow bar... But at the same time he had a sweet side. As for Ryan? He's definitely a fan of violence. He finds it humorous. I feel like everyone's starting to go crazy. Kito killing himself, Gavin raping an old woman, now this? I've had my own share of issues and I used to be a self-proclaimed "juggalette." But this is stupid. A group of kids who think they're bad glom on to each other and seem to worship a group of idiots who probably never graduated high school and get a kick out of painting their faces and rapping about stabbing people. Yes, I'm refering to ICP. It's time some kids decided to wake up and grow up. Or shit like this is just going to keep happening. It amazes me how many people are banning together to defend Drew (and most likely the others) of a crime they have obviously commited. Good hearts and good people, whatever. A life was taken. A mother is never going to see her child again or hear his voice. These people deserve to be locked up without bond. And hopefully one day they'll decide to get the help they obiviously need.

I can tell you for a fact that Allegra did not like or listen to Insane Clown Posse. Drew was the only one of the 4 that listened to that music. As for Allegra, she went to see TSO a few weeks ago, and the cd's in her car are ones she shares with her mom, HIM, Poets of the Fall, Lordi, and my favorite, Ocean Machine.

Quote from search warrant "The witness admitted to beating the deceased on the head with a hammer, tying the deceased with zip ties suffocating him with Duct tapeand disposing of him in a plastic bag. The witness also stated they attempted to utilize medications commonly used fro animals to plan the murder and read the deceased his fortune using tarot cards just prior to his death. The witness resides at 601 Walcott Way"

Quote from search warrant "All three who confessed implicated the fourth as being directly involved"

Innocent until guilty..yes unless you've admitted your guilt whereupon it becomes guilty of what and how long will the jail term be.

Real friends don't let their friends get this messed up. Chose your friends carefully!!

The only problems with that logic are a few little things like coerced confessions, not being advised of one's rights, hysterical testimony, they could ALL be lying...
Thus, innocent until PROVEN guilty still trumps any of this childish tough-talk rubbish.

Juggalo crime is real and these children should all be sterilized.

wow this is fucking rediculous. first of all juggalo's and juggalette's are NOT a fucking "gang". second of all FUCK JUGGALOWATCH.ORG!!

Drew did not partake in the killing. He stood gaurd outside with a baseball bat.

When I went to jail in January I met Allegra. Bitch is crazy and has no regret.

FUCK JUGGALO WATCH! Me and my axe will give your forehead a buttcrack.

wow, just cuz he disapred for alil bit dont mean anything, not even for 12 miles, did they do a drug test? maybe he was out smokin a j or something. just cuz he seems guilty dont mean anything to us juggalos, (lettes). n we live by our hatchets, guns are to chevy n for cheaters, not all los, lettes are killers...

Bunch of BS.... if you even knew the story you wouldnt be saying the things you are

What they did was kind of crazy yea.. but matt was just as willing in his murder as anyone else... and yes I defend Drew...