Lily Peters was murdered by a 14 -year -old boy who confessed to the crime.
Carson Peters Berger14, confessed to killing the maiden Lily Peters, of 10. The girl was attacked by the young man when she was on her way home from her aunt’s house. The body was found in a woods.
Recently, police confirmed the result of the autopsy on the girl’s body. According to information, Peters died from the blow of a blunt object and choke, according to Ronald Patten, the coroner of Chippewa Falls County, Wisconsin, United States.
Also, toxicological tests are expected, which have not yet been released.
The image of the minor released by the local police.
On Wednesday, the 14 -year -old was indicted by local prosecutors and will be tried in adult court for first degree intentional homicide for Peters’s death, first-degree sexual assault, and first-degree sexual assault of a child under 13, the AP reported.
The juvenile detainee told investigators he beat, strangled and sexually assaulted Lily Peters, according to CBS.
Lily Peters was murdered by a 14 -year -old boy.
Prosecutors said the child admitted that plans to rape and kill Peters “from the beginning”on Sunday night, April 24, when he began to follow her on a path after she left her aunt’s house.
The boy appeared in adult court in Chippewa County in a video broadcast from a juvenile detention center.
Police arrested 14-year-old Carson Peters-Berger. In the photo file, with his father.
Judge Benjamin Lane granted District Attorney Wade Newell’s request post $ 1 million cash bailaccording to the Associated Press.
Police arrested 14-year-old Carson Peters-Berger in connection with the murder of 10-year-old Lily Peters
The boy was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree sexual assault, and first-degree sexual assault of a girl under 13 years of age.
family drama
Peters’ father reported his disappearance 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.
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