Family and neighbors have told media outlets Maria had a restraining order against him because he allegedly had been harassing her. Her uncle posted a statement on Facebook that the driver had allegedly followed his niece to her home for months and the police were notified, but nothing was done.


Other articles have indicated that he later live-streamed a statement about the murders on his gaming stream with tens of thousands of followers. He reportedly made comments about one of the girls on his livestream, targeting her for making disrespectful comments about Charlie Kirk.

The alleged killer is the son of a police officer and related to a local police chief, which some have claimed contributed to the lack of police action against his months long stalking.

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    23 hours ago

    I’m sorry, but where in the article does it mention that the alleged killer did this because religion, and where in the article does it mention he had affiliation with Charlie Kirk?

    All we have is this:

    In the YouTube livestream, Battiloro said he’s been bullied and ridiculed over false allegations and called for more to done to address mental health in New Jersey, including requesting that the state’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, focus on that issue.

    That one sentence points to him possibly supporting republicans, it says nothing about religion. Fuck Charlie Kirk and fuck the current republican administration, but that one sentence does not a terrorist make. It’s more likely that this kid was but hurt because these girls did not want to be associated with him, colloquially or romantically.

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      22 hours ago

      I agree it’s more likely about the murderer being rejected in some way by the victims. If anything other than that though I’d say it would be ideology and not religion, because the murdering shit for brains framed it as response to Charlie Kirk comments.