Lily Peters would have been murdered by a well -known child. I am 10 years old and in the fourth grade.
A minor boy was arrested for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in Wisconsin in a woods near his aunt’s house, and police said the suspect knew the victim.
Chippewa Falls Police Chief Matt Kelm said the suspect was a minor known to the victim, The body of girl Lily Peters was found in the woods on Monday morning, near the home of an aunt she visited.
Kelm declined to say how many years the boy was incarcerated, the nature of his relationship with Peters and what led them to arrest the young man.. “While nothing will go back or change what happened to Lily Peters, we are extremely grateful to convey this news to the family and the community,” Kelm said of the arrest.
The girl disappeared as she was on her way home from her aunt’s house, four blocks away.
Local police conducted an inspection at the home of the detained minor and, as confirmed, they found elements that would link the young man to his friend’s crime.
Peters’ father reported him missing Sunday night when he did not arrive at his home. Peters’ family lives a short distance from his aunt.
The girl is in the fourth grade at Parkview Elementary in the city. The Chippewa Falls Police Department received more than 200 tips in the case, which Kelm said became “key” to the investigation.
On Monday afternoon, Kelm confirmed that the girl’s disappearance was being investigated as a homicide. The girl’s body and her bicycle were found near a local brewery. The causes of death have not been confirmed.
A partner of Lily was arrested, linked to her murder.
Relatives last saw the girl while visiting an aunt’s home, according to officials. The girl lives only four blocks from the place where she was last seen alive.
“She was a very sweet girl,” her great -grandmother, Diane Eyerly, said Tuesday in an interview with local media. “She’s very polite and very sweet.”
The front of the elementary school where the victim is studying.
Peters ’death shook the Chippewa Falls community. Some neighbors gathered to tie purple ribbons to the lamps in the center in honor of the girl’s memory.
A fence near Parkview Elementary School, where Lily is in the fourth grade, it was full of flowers, balloons, stuffed animals and other things left in Peters’ memory.
Flowers and stuffed animals in honor of Lily.
Tiffany Thompson and her stepdaughter, 8-year-old Lexy Frank, stopped by the memorial after school finished Tuesday afternoon. The last days weren’t easy, Thompson said, but they showed how the community comes together.
“As long as we can show them a lot of support and love and letting them know how to stay safe in the community today is the most important thing,” he said.
Salute for Lily, at the door of her school.
Thompson said he was worried about how his stepdaughter would deal with the situation, but leaving a few items, including a stuffed unicorn and a drawing, at the memorial seemed helpful.
“We don’t know how she’ll be accepted, but she’s very strong and wants to support Lily as much as she can.”said.
As students boarded buses outside the school, Thompson described the memorial as the place “where we can show our support today.”
“Honestly, we feel so hot inside,” he said. “The fact that the community comes together and does things like this for a girl in our community is very special.”
Source: Clarin
