Each of the four teenagers, Allegra Rose Dahlquist, Ryan Patrick Hare, Aadil Shahid Khan and Drew Logan Shaw, face one count of first-degree murder. Hare and Shaw were also indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit murder.
Dahlquist, Hare and Kahn now face additional charges of attempted first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for an incident on November 25, the day before Silliman was reported missing by his parents. Shaw reportedly did not participate in the incident and will not face additional charges.
Acting on a tip from Apex police, Wake County deputies found Silliman's body on December 2 inside an unoccupied mobile home at 4221 Olive Branch Lane in New Hill. Wake County Register of Deeds records show the dwelling is owned by Robert and Ethel Dahlquist.
Silliman's date of death is listed as November 30. If detectives are aware of the teen's whereabouts during the missing days, they have not made that knowledge public.
During the investigation, officers from the Apex Police Department interviewed a suspect who confessed to participating in the death and also implicated three others. They allegedly admitted they beat Silliman on his head with a hammer, tied him with zip ties, suffocated him with duct tape and then disposed of the body in a plastic bag.
The witness further stated they attempted to utilize medications commonly used for animals to plan the murder.
Before the bludgeoning took place, they reportedly read Silliman his fate with the use of Tarot cards.
Search warrants show a host of items were removed from the vehicle allegedly used in the crime including duct tape, Tarot cards, cable ties, empty syringe wrapper, baseball bat and a stun gun.
At the time of the slaying, Dahlquist and Khan were seniors at Apex High School and Shaw was a sophomore at Panther Creek. Hare had withdrawn from Panther Creek earlier in the year. The four were all friends of Silliman, 18, who was also a student at Apex High.
Trial is slated for May 24.
Autopsy report
In an official report, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill stated that Silliman's body was found in a black and gray Coleman sleeping bag.
When the sleeping bag was removed, the report states that a clear plastic bag was found over his head that was held in place by two connected plastic ties around his neck. Removal of the plastic bag revealed that dark colored duct tape was over Silliman's mouth.
His ankles had been bound with two connected plastic ties over his pants and socks and covered with a clear plastic bag. Two interlocked plastic ties also bound his wrists in front of his body, over two pairs of gloves, the report states.
Silliman had writing on his arms, according to the medical examiner's report.
"On the right medial forearm there is a partially indiscernible message which reads 'I Love (indiscernible word).' On the left medial forearm is a partially indiscernible message written in black ink and pink discoloration consistent with ink which reads '(indiscernible words) fail.' There also appears to be a cross-shaped symbol on the left medial forearm in black ink outlined by similar pink discoloration or ink."
The report also states that Silliman had wounds to his scalp and that he had a large amount of an antidepressant drug in his system.
"Given the autopsy and investigative findings, it is our opinion that the cause of death in this case is asphyxiation. The concentration of bupropion is potentially lethal, and along with acute ethanol intoxication, likely played a role in respiratory depression and sedation prior to death from asphyxiation due to ligature strangulation/suffocation."
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