Amid report revealing that Lance Twiggs has left his apartment amid backlash of his boyfriend allegedly killing Charlie Kirk, details about the transgender youth has emerged.
Lance Twiggs, 22, was a straight A student and a piano prodigy. He studied at Utah Tech Success Academy, which has an accelerated program for high school students who take college-level courses and earn an associates' degree.
"Everything I’ve heard about him, he was a great kid. He was nice. He worked hard," Ben Kaufman, superintendent of Twiggs’ high school, told New York Post.
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He explained that the academy caters to "students who are bored through school and want to excel".
However, his life changed when his Mormon parents kicked him out of his house during junior year as he was being problematic and disrespectful, according to a relative quoted by Fox News. They also claimed that Twiggs was alcoholic and addicted to drugs and online gaming.
Another family member said Twiggs became more radical. "He hates conservatives and Christians. He hated us. He was not raised that way, but he, over the years, has become really detached [and] been radicalized," they told Fox News.
Twiggs's friend Braylon Nielsen, 19, revealed that her family took him in after he was kicked out. She dismissed "drug abuse" allegations as spiteful gossip, saying the actual reason for kicking him out was that he rejected Mormonism.
"It was on and off. He was bouncing couches. He would live with us for a few months, but didn’t like taking up our couch. He would crash with friends," she told New York Post. "He had straight As. He was very hardworking, not a big partier […] He just took care of people."
Twiggs was not charged with any crimes in connection with Charlie Kirk killing and has cooperated with the investigators in probing Tyler Robinson's involvement. Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby revealed that Lance Twiggs was in a "safe space very far away from St George" as he needed "to lay low for a long time".