A preliminary autopsy found that 10-year-old Liliana “Lily” Peters suffered a blunt trauma and strangulation with her death being described as homicide. Chippewa County Medical Examiner Ron Patten confirmed the details to the Independent on Thursday, saying a full autopsy report is not expected for several more weeks. Preliminary findings support the version of events presented in court on Wednesday where a 14-year-old boy was held on $ 1 million bail on charges of first-degree manslaughter, first-degree sexual assault and first-degree sexual assault on a child under 13. resulting in severe bodily harm. Prosecutors said the teenager, who knew his victim, drove Lily to a hiking trail near her aunt’s house, where he allegedly punched her in the stomach, hit her on the ground, hit her with a stick and strangled her before sexually assaulted. The teenager, who is quoted in C PB’s initials, allegedly confessed to police that “his intention was to rape and kill the victim from the first moment” when they left Lily’s aunt’s house together on Sunday. Lily was reported missing by her father that night and her body was discovered Monday morning near the footpath.
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ICYMI: Lily Peters: Police arrest a juvenile suspect known to 10-year-old for her murder
A minor believed to have killed 10-year-old Liliana “Lily” Peters has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a search of her aunt’s home, authorities say. Chippewa Falls Police Chief Matthew Kelm told a news conference on Tuesday afternoon that the suspect had been taken into custody earlier that night and that there was no longer any danger to the public. The police chief said that the suspect “is not unknown” but was “known” to the murdered 10-year-old. Read the full story here: Maroosha Muzaffar 29 April 2022 09:30 1651217450
Police Chief Says Wisconsin Community ‘Destroyed’ After Lily Peters Murder
Chippewa Falls Police Chief Matthew Kelm said Thursday that the Wisconsin community is devastated after the murder of 10-year-old Lily Peters. Mr Kelm told Fox News: “It was devastating. “We were ready to keep looking for the missing girl, hoping she would show up at school the next day, that we could stop the search, and then when we learned that this was not going to happen, she hit us all very hard.” Earlier, police confirmed that they had arrested a 14-year-old key suspect. Law enforcement officials said the suspect was no stranger to the 10-year-old girl. Mr Kelm said the advice from [Wisconsin] the community led to the arrest. Maroosha Muzaffar29 April 2022 08:30 1651213827
Everything we know about the death of 10-year-old Lily Peters
The death of 10-year-old Iliana “Lily” Peters and the arrest of a 14-year-old boy for her murder has shocked the small, close-knit community of Chippewa Falls in Wisconsin. Lily was found dead around 9.15am on Monday morning in a wooded area near a hiking trail next to the Leinenkugel brewery. On Thursday, the preliminary autopsy-autopsy found that the 10-year-old suffered blunt trauma and strangulation with her death being characterized as homicide. Read the full story here: Maroosha Muzaffar 29 April 2022 07:30 1651212027
ICYMI: Suspect Lily Peters, 14, was held on $ 1 million bail as the court said she “hit her with a stick, strangled and raped her”
A 14-year-old boy was held on $ 1 million bail for the murder of Lily Peters after the court heard how he allegedly led the 10-year-old to a wooded path before hitting her with a stick, strangling her and sexually assaulting her. Read the full story here: Maroosha Muzaffar29 April 2022 07:00 1651210227
Lily Peters suspect’s father is ‘convicted pedophile’
A new report has revealed that the father of a 14-year-old boy from Wisconsin who is accused of killing Lily Peters is a convicted pedophile. It was reported that the suspect’s father had served three years in prison for possession of child pornography depicting young girls. Prosecutors say the teenager – who was not named by authorities despite being charged as an adult – punched 10-year-old Lily Peters in the stomach, strangled her to death, beat her with a stick and then sexually assaulted her. An autopsy revealed that she suffered trauma of blunt force and strangulation and now her death is judged as homicide. Maroosha Muzaffar 29 April 2022 06:30 1651206600
Preliminary autopsy results show that Lily Peters suffered blunt trauma and strangulation
Preliminary results of the autopsy revealed that 10-year-old Lily Peters suffered trauma from blunt violence and strangulation and her death was considered homicide. The Independent first reported the findings of the preliminary autopsy on Thursday, after speaking with Chippewa County Medical Examiner Ron Patten. Mr Patten said the results were preliminary and expected the full autopsy report to be completed in about six weeks. He said the full autopsy would include additional tests as officials wanted to be “very thorough” in the investigation into the girl’s murder. Preliminary findings support the version of events presented in court on Wednesday, where a 14-year-old boy was accused of punching Lily, hitting her with a stick and strangling her, before sexually assaulting her. The Independent’s Rachel Sharp has the full story: Rachel Sharp29 April 2022 05:30 1651203011
A murderer was strangled and sexually abused
Prosecutors have revealed details of Lily Peters’s murder in court on Wednesday, saying the 10-year-old left her aunt’s house with her alleged killer and headed for a nearby path together. As they walked along the path, the suspect allegedly punched Lily in the stomach, hit her on the ground, hit her with a stick and strangled her “to death”. He then sexually assaulted the 10-year-old, prosecutors said. Preliminary autopsy findings released Thursday revealed that Lily was strangled and traumatized by blunt force. Her death was ruled a homicide and a full autopsy report is expected in about six weeks, Chippewa County Medical Examiner Ron Patten told The Independent. Rachel Sharp29 April 2022 04:30 1651199411
Neighbors remember seeing Lily Peters playing outside her aunt’s house the day she died
Neighbors recalled seeing Lily Peters playing with a cousin outside her aunt’s house just hours before they killed her. Jeremy Machnik lives on the same street as his aunt Lily – North Grove Street in Chippewa Falls. Mr Machnik told Fox9 earlier this week – before the suspect was arrested – that he saw the 10-year-old girl walking along the street between 1pm and 3pm on Sunday afternoon. She was with one of her cousins playing on a hoverboard and seemed to be having fun, she said. “Between 1 and 3 approximately[pm]”One of her cousins was on a hoverboard, he had his hands behind his back and she was holding a roller coaster,” he said. “And they ran down the street just laughing.” A little later that day, Lily left her aunt’s house with her alleged 14-year-old killer and they went to a nearby path, according to prosecutors. There, the suspect allegedly attacked, punched and strangled the 10-year-old before sexually assaulting her. At 9pm that night, Lily’s father reported her missing when she was unable to return home from her aunt’s house. Her body was discovered the next morning near the path. Prosecutors said the suspect intended to rape and kill his victim as they left the house. Rachel Sharp29 April 2022 03:30 1651195811
The post on Reddit may have helped police kill the killer
A scary post on Reddit may have helped police lead the 14-year-old boy now charged with the murder and sexual assault of murdered schoolgirl Lily Peters. On Monday night, Reddit HomesliceNation4 user commented on a thread about the 10-year-old’s death, saying he had seen a girl match Lily’s description of “another child” on the footpath near where the body was found. of. “What’s scary is that I was playing Pokemon Go in the park that day walking the same path,” the Reddit user wrote. “My stomach turns when I think I saw this girl with a pink / purple hood on her bike with another child coming out.” They added: “I suspect it could have been another kid who did it.” By the time the comment was left, police had found Lily dead in a wooded area next to the trail. No arrests were made, there were no suspects in the case and police urged the community to be vigilant for fear that there could be ongoing danger. Lily was last seen wearing a purple long-sleeved shirt with a 1/4 zipper with black elastic pants and gray shoes, according to the press release of the missing. Other Reddit users rushed to comment on the HomesliceNation4 post, urging them to contact law enforcement, while others said they had called the advice line to report the alleged view. On Tuesday, police arrested a 14-year-old boy who was known to Lily as a suspect in her murder. The suspect, who will only be mentioned with C PB initials, allegedly led Lily to the path where he punched her in the stomach, hit her with a stick and strangled her before sexually assaulting the 10-year-old. Reddit user says he thinks he spotted Lily Peters with “another kid” (Reddit / HomesliceNation4) Rachel Sharp29 April 2022 02:30 1651192211
What happens next?
The suspect is then scheduled to appear in court at 3.30 p.m. CT on Thursday 5 May. A 14-year-old boy has been charged with premeditated homicide, first-degree sexual abuse and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 13 resulting in severe bodily harm. He is currently charged as an adult because Wisconsin law stipulates that first-degree homicide charges must first be brought in an adult court if the suspect is aged …
