The manhunt for an 18-year-old Florida girl ‘infatuated’ with the Columbine massacre that has closed all Denver public schools is continuing as a disturbing journal believed to be written by the teen has emerged online.
Authorities are frantically searching for Sol Pais after she flew from Miami to Denver on Monday and bought a pump-action shotgun and ammunition just days before the 20th anniversary of the mass shooting at Columbine High School that killed 13 people.
The FBI described the Miami Beach High School senior as ‘extremely dangerous’ and said she had made threats to ‘commit an act of violence’ in Denver after becoming fixated on the shooting massacre.
As the manhunt for the teenager continued on Wednesday and 500,000 Denver students were forced to stay home as a precaution, a disturbing website that is believed to belong to Pais emerged, as well as posts on the National Gun Forum seeking advice on buying a shotgun in Colorado.
Authorities are frantically searching for 18-year-old Sol Pais after she flew from Miami to Denver on Monday and bought a pump-action shotgun and ammunition
The website is filled with self-hate journal entries and contains a tribute to a Marilyn Manson song that was inspired by the high school shooting.
DailyMail.com has viewed the website but has chosen not to publish copies of the diary entries.
The site contains photocopied handwritten journal entries with multiple drawings of guns and troubling phrases like ‘being alive is f**king overrated’ and ‘how do I pull it out of me? I’m f**king empty.’
The website also has the phrase ‘1999 – the nobodies’ written on it. Marylin Manson wrote a song titled The Nobodies based on the 1999 shooting massacre at Columbine.
Another social networking page has also been found under Pais’ name and contains a profile photo bearing a resemblance to photos released by authorities during the manhunt for her.
It asked for readers to be the ‘best killers’.
The profile, which also contains a link back to the website with the journal entries, also has five items listed on a to do list, including: ‘Self destruct, burn out, walk away, reject apologies and fade.’
She is also believed to be behind a series of posts on the National Gun Forum website last month asking for advice on buying a gun in Colorado.
‘Florida resident here. I am planning a trip to Colorado in the next month or so and wanna buy a shotgun while I’m there and I was wondering what restrictions apply for me? I’ve found a few private sellers I might want to purchase from; is it legal for me as a Florida resident to purchase a shotgun in Colorado? I’m 18 years old too, if it’s important,’ she wrote.
‘The problem is i have no friends in FL who are into guns like me so it’s not as fun having to do all of this alone,’ she wrote in a follow up post.
As the manhunt for the teenager continued on Wednesday, Denver public schools were shut down as a precaution. Pictured is Columbine High School principal Scott Christy (right) and an law enforcement officer watching on as students left on Tuesday
Students leave Columbine High School late Tuesday following the lockdown while authorities look for the 18-year-old suspected of making threats
Columbine and more than 20 other schools outside Denver locked their doors for nearly three hours on Tuesday afternoon before the closures on Wednesday were announced
The FBI revealed on Tuesday that Pais had become ‘infatuated’ with the Columbine shooting.
They say she has not made a specific threat but say her fascination with the Columbine shooting and the gunmen and her recent actions raised suspicions.
Two teenage boys who attended Columbine High School shot and killed 12 classmates on April 20, 1999 before committing suicide. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
Authorities said the threats Pais made were general and not specific to any school.
The Denver FBI office was alerted to the potential threat early Tuesday by Miami FBI agents and they notified area schools that afternoon.
About a dozen Denver area districts called off classes for Wednesday and about a half million students were forced to stay home because authorities believe Pais could pose a threat to a school.
Columbine and more than 20 other schools outside Denver locked their doors for nearly three hours on Tuesday afternoon before Wednesday’s complete closures were announced.
‘We consider her a credible threat to the community,’ FBI Special Agent in Charge Dean Phillips said at a press conference late Tuesday.
An FBI bulletin from early Tuesday said authorities lacked probable cause for a formal arrest but that law enforcement should detain Pais for a mental-health evaluation.
The FBI searched the Miami Beach home where Pais lives with her parents on Tuesday night and remained outside on Wednesday
The FBI revealed on Tuesday that Pais had become ‘infatuated’ with the Columbine shooting. Two teenaged boys who attended Columbine High School shot and killed 12 classmates on April 20, 1999 before committing suicide. Pictured is authorities securing the school after the 1999 massacre
Officials released two photos of Pais and said she was last seen in the foothills of Jefferson County on Monday dressed in a black T-shirt, camouflage pants and black boots.
The FBI searched the Miami Beach home where Pais lives with her parents on Tuesday night and remained outside on Wednesday.
The teenager’s father Gardi Pais, 58, told DailyMail.com that the family had not heard from her since Sunday.
The elder Pais said he thought his daughter had a ‘mental problem’ and begged her to return home.
‘They are looking for her. We don’t have any idea,’ he said from behind his Florida front door.
Asked if he had a message for his daughter, Pais said: ‘Please come home.’ His voice trembling, he added: ‘I think she’s gonna be okay. I think maybe she has got a mental problem.’
Classmates at Miami Beach High School told the Miami Herald that Pais was taking AP and honor roll classes.
‘She didn’t seem any type of way,’ Justin Norris, 18, said. ‘She was just bad at starting conversations.’
Eliana Donaire, 17, said: ‘She was very quiet. I would usually see her doing homework… she didn’t seem weird.’
The school closures come just days before the 20th anniversary of the Columbine mass shooting that killed 12 students and a teacher.
Several events have been planned in collaboration with Columbine Memorial Foundation, Waterstone Community Church, Foothills Park & Recreation District – Clement Park, and The Rebels Project.
Events this week between April 18 and 20 include remembrance services, a vigil and community service day.
Father of Columbine ‘infatuated’ teen urges her to come home to Florida as neighbors express shock over news of manhunt
The teenager’s father, Gardi Pais, 58, has urged her to return saying that family has not heard from her since Sunday
By Ben Ashford in Miami Beach, Florida for DailyMail.com
Sol Pais’ father, Gardi Pais urged the 18-year-old to return home on Tuesday night after authorities confirmed they had launched a manhunt for her.
The elder Pais told DailyMail.com that his family hadn’t heard from her since Sunday and revealed he thought she had a ‘mental problem’.
‘They are looking for her. We don’t have any idea,’ he said from behind his Miami Beach front door.
Asked if he had a message for his daughter, he said: ‘Please come home.’
His voice trembling, he added: ‘I think she’s gonna be okay. I think maybe she has got a mental problem.’
Neighbors told of how police had earlier swarmed the quiet street a few minutes walk from Miami Beach.
They said they were stunned that Pais was allegedly armed, dangerous and on the run.
‘She didn’t say hello, good morning, how are you. She kept to herself. She wasn’t nasty but reclusive,’ said neighbor, Jack Reiner.
‘Her family have rented the house for eight or nine years, I believe they are from Argentina. People go to the father for music lessons.
Pais is said to be ‘infatuated with the Columbine school shooting’ and the FBI was last night searching the south Florida home where she lives with her parents
‘I’ve never known any trouble, no complaints. Never seen the police there until today.
‘I drove past in the morning and saw a police car and two officers talking to the dad. When I came back from the supermarket there were four or five officers talking to him. He looked stressed and startled.’
Another neighbor confirmed the 18-year-old lived there with her parents whom she described as ‘sweet, regular people.’ The teen attends nearby Miami Beach High School.
‘My son rides the bus with her. Her parents are as sweet as can be. Her father is a musician. I invited them to my Christmas party,’ another neighbor said.
‘She was strange girl, quiet and withdrawn but then she was a teenager after all. She usually wore a black t-shirt and jeans but her look didn’t strike me as unusual.
‘She never looked looked anyone in the eye when they talked to her. She was always by herself, I don’t think she had many friends.
‘But I know she was very caring. There was a time a dog was barking across the street and she was worried about it, pleading with her mom to call the Humane society.
‘She cared about animals a lot, at least.’