Apalachee High Trial: Colt Gray's Mother's Cross-Examination

Communication and Concerns Leading Up to the Shooting

• 📱 Text messages between the mother and Colt on August 29th reveal his declining state, with him stating things were "getting worse" and he had to "take another I'll make it to school."
• 📞 The mother attempted to contact Colt's guidance counselor, Lisa Butler, on August 29th to discuss Colt's issues, but the counselor promised to call back and never did.
• 🚗 Plans for Colt to visit Advantage Behavioral Health on August 31st were disrupted when his father, Colin Gray, changed his mood and refused to pick him up, citing a lack of gas money despite prior plans.
• 🗣️ A disagreement between the parents on Friday, August 29th, reportedly involved the storage of guns, with the mother threatening a wellness check if they were not locked up.

Events of September 4th, the Day of the Shooting

• 📱 On the morning of September 4th, the mother received concerning text messages from Colt that he had sent to his father, indicating something was wrong.
• 📞 She contacted Lisa Butler, the guidance counselor, who revealed Colt's first-period teacher had emailed about Colt asking questions regarding active shooter drills.
• ⚠️ The mother urged the school to locate Colt immediately, mentioning the guns in the house and that Colt and his father enjoyed shooting.
• 📰 By 11:34 a.m., the situation escalated, and the mother Googled "Apalachee High School active shooter" after multiple unanswered calls to the school, confirming the lockdown and active shooter reports.

Internet Searches and Gun Safety Concerns

• 🔍 On August 29th, the mother searched for "truancy laws in Georgia" as part of a plan with Colin to scare Colt into attending school.
• 📚 She also searched for "school shooter parents charged with manslaughter" and "what led to James and Jennifer Crumbley's guilty verdict," indicating a concern about parental responsibility in such events.
• 🔒 Searches for "safe storage gun laws in Georgia" and "secure storage or child access prevention required" followed, reflecting concerns about the guns in Colin's house.

Past Behavior and Parental Involvement

• 🔫 The mother was aware of Colt's interest in school shooters and his research into them, but did not consider it a serious obsession at the time.
• 🏠 She also recalled Colt threatening to kill Colin in Colin's presence, but did not believe it was serious enough to warrant police intervention.
• 💊 The mother admitted to giving Colt Zoloft, a medication she was prescribed, without a doctor's direct supervision, based on her own research and her psychiatrist's advice regarding hereditary components of medication effectiveness.
• 🚗 The mother's own past issues, including a drug-related child endangerment case and an incident where she taped her mother to a chair and threatened to kill Colin and Colt, were also discussed.