Convicted killer messaged brother to 'be ready' with shovels, lighter fluid after classmate's disappearance

A California man was convicted of murdering his precocious schoolhouse classmate, whose assemblage was ne'er found, aft blaming her for getting him expelled.

Owen Skyler Shover, now 23, was sentenced to life successful situation without nan anticipation of parole connected Oct. 25 successful Riverside County Superior Court. In August, he was recovered guilty of murder successful nan 2019 disappearance of his erstwhile Moreno Valley High School classmate, 16-year-old Aranda Briones.

"There are galore questions near unanswered, nary much than wherever is Aranda?" Judge Timothy J. Hollenhorst asked Shover during his sentencing, according to nan Riverside Press-Enterprise.

"Mr. Shover, from what I tin show astir you, it appears that you are not tin of emotion remorse, truthful I do not intend to speech you connected really devastating your actions were successful this case. However, location is nary mobility successful this court's mind that you are nan look of axenic evil."

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Aranda Briones, 16, was past seen getting into Owen Shover's car connected Jan. 13, 2019. Her assemblage was ne'er found. (Facebook/Justice for Aranda Isabel Briones)

On nan greeting of Nov. 7, 2017, Shover and Briones decided to skip classes and bent retired pinch a group of friends astatine a section park. The group was spotted by a sheriff's schoolhouse assets serviceman and fled nan area, according to a prosecutor's proceedings little obtained by People. 

Shover was allegedly carrying a handgun and gave it to Briones to hide. The serviceman spotted nan woman tossing nan limb into a drainage canal.

The serviceman detained Briones, and she admitted that nan handgun belonged to Shover erstwhile she was questioned by schoolhouse administrators. Both students were expelled complete nan incident successful February 2018, according to nan proceedings brief.

Both teens carried connected pinch their respective educations astatine different schools, but Shover allegedly remained incensed astir his expulsion and what he perceived arsenic Briones' betrayal. 

Briones was past seen getting into a car pinch Shover connected Jan. 13, 2019, according to nan proceedings brief, and was quickly reported missing by her family. Shover had texted Briones nan time before, inviting her to subordinate him while he made supplier deliveries and "rob[bed] supplier dealers," according to nan proceedings brief. 

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Owen Skyler Shover allegedly sent his relative a Facebook connection that read, "Be fresh for tonight. Get shovels and lighter fluid ready." (Riverside County Sheriff's Department)

Within an hr of getting into nan car, Briones posted respective pictures of herself and Shover together connected societal media, elated to beryllium pinch her "homie" who fto her do immoderate of nan driving.

Some clip later, authorities allege Shover picked up his relative Gary and drove into nan San Bernadino Mountains, nan Press-Enterprise reported.

"Be fresh for tonight," Shover wrote successful a Facebook connection to his brother, according to nan brief. "Get shovels and lighter fluid ready."

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At Owen Shover's sentencing, Aranda Briones' friend described her arsenic "a benignant tone and was ever joyful, moreover successful nan bad moments," according to nan Riverside Press-Enterprise. (Facebook/Justice for Aranda Isabel Briones)

During nan ensuing investigation, Briones' humor was recovered successful Shover's vehicle, and authorities discovered that he attempted to acquisition a limb done a bid of Snapchat, Facebook and different conversations.

Gary Shover was sentenced to 12 months probation successful March of this twelvemonth aft pleading blameworthy to being an accessory aft nan fact, KESQ reported. 

Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin told nan City News Service that Owen Shover was a "stone-cold killer," according to KESQ. 

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"On nan time of his conviction, he said to his grandfather from jail, wondering whether he should 'get a trophy' for being a convicted murderer," Hestrin said. "He has shown nary remorse."

"We are sad astir [the sentence] and hopefully nan appellate process will find immoderate instructional correction aliases correction on nan process," Shover's attorney, Stephen Allen, told People successful a statement.