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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp

Audrey Hale became ‘infatuated’ with dead schoolmate in months leading up to Nashville shooting

Metro Nashville PD

Nashville school shooting suspect Audrey Hale became “infatuated” with a late schoolmate and repeatedly posted about the woman online in the months leading up to Monday’s massacre, according to a friend.

Hale’s former classmate Samira Hardcastle has spoken out about the impact that the sudden death of Sydney Sims appears to have had on the 28-year-old – who police say went on to kill three small children and three staff members in this week’s horror mass shooting.

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