Earlier today, The Tennessee Star released a 90-page manifesto belonging to Audrey Hale, the perpetrator of the March 2023 mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tennessee Star editor in chief Michael Patrick Leahy said the journal was legally obtained, and was later confirmed to be authentic, stating:

We legally obtained this handwritten journal — which we refer to as The Covenant Killer’s 2023 Journal to distinguish it from the many journals written by Hale prior to 2023 — in early June of 2024 from a source familiar with the MNPD investigation. We believe it to be authentic. In addition to our belief, the journal was confirmed as authentic in court by a Metro Nashville Government lawyer in attendance at a June 2024 court hearing, and in a court filing submitted on June 14, 2024 by MNPD Lieutenant Alfredo Alevado.