The Tennessee Star on Tuesday published the full diary of Audrey Hale, who murdered six people at a Nashville Christian school in March 2023.
The diary, nearly 100 pages long, reflects Hale, who identifies as transgender, hatred of society and being deeply troubled by the belief that she was born in the wrong body. decision The release of the full diary comes amid an ongoing legal battle between Covenant Schools, who did not want the diary released, the victims' families, and groups that want the documents in the public domain. According to To CNN.
“Today is the day. It's finally here! I can't believe it. I don't know how I got here but here I am,” he wrote in the entry, dated March 27, 2023, the day of the shooting. “I'm a little nervous but also excited. I've been excited these last two weeks, especially in the summer of 2021, there were several times I could have been caught but none of that matters now. 1 hour and 7 minutes left. I can't believe I'm doing this but I'm ready…I hope the victims aren't.” (RELATED: Nashville Police Announce End of Investigation into Leaked School Shooter Manifesto)
Hale Journal (Uncensored) by Nick Pope
In the diary, Hale called Jesus Christ and his father “bastards,” fantasized about interracial sex and referenced the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. The diary released on Tuesday does not contain highly detailed plans of attack, in contrast to what was released by the FBI. Reportedly He told local politicians the reason for not publishing his manifesto:
Hale is known to have contributed to many magazines beyond the one published Tuesday, according to CNN.
The Star reported that it legally obtained the diary, published Tuesday in June, from a source familiar with the shooting investigation, and the authenticity of the document was confirmed by Nashville city attorneys who attended the court hearing and in court documents.
Authorities recovered Hale's computer, notebooks and diary shortly after the shooting, but did not release the diary or other documents at the time. According to CNN, several groups filed public records requests and then filed lawsuits after their requests were denied.
As CNN reported, a group of Covenant School parents was allowed to intervene in the case, arguing that the records should not be made public because doing so could inspire copycat attacks and be traumatic for the victim's family. Because Hale's parents transferred ownership of the records to the parents group, the group's lawyers were able to argue that the parents owned the relevant copyrights and could oppose the records being released into the public domain.
Chancery Court Judge Iasia Miles ruled in July that the school and parent-teacher association owned the copyright to Hale's writings and could not publish the diary, but the Star appealed the decision at the end of July.
During the attack on Covenant School, Hale shot and killed three nine-year-olds and three adults. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers entered the school and shot and killed Hale.
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