What Happened To Lily Peters?
Lily’s father phoned the police when she failed to return home from visiting her aunt’s house on Sunday night, according to a news release issued by the Chippewa Falls Police Department on Monday.
The bicycle was located later that night in a forested area near a walking route that is close to her aunt’s house and the Leinenkugel’s Brewery parking lot, according to police.
It was around 9 a.m. Overnight, officials looked for Lily by visiting the door of the house and utilizing K9 teams to track her down and bring her to justice.
Lily Peters
They deployed a drone to hunt for her bike in the forested area where it was discovered. According to officials, her corpse was discovered in the bushes along the walking track on Monday.
In a statement, the Chippewa County Coroner’s Office verified that the bones were those of Lily.
Who Killed Lily Peters?
Chief Matthew Kelm of the Chippewa Falls Police Department said that officers have detained a minor in connection with the killing of Lily Peters.
Kelm stated that the youngster is well-known to the victim and that he does not feel there is any longer a threat to the general public. It was stated by CBS Minnesota that the suspect was apprehended at a property located on the same block as Peters’ aunt’s residence, which is where she had been last seen on Sunday.
Chippewa Falls Police Chief Matthew Kelm declined to disclose any further information on the arrest of a juvenile suspect on Tuesday at a six-minute press conference held at the department’s headquarters.
Kelm declined to disclose any other information on the suspect, other than to say that he was arrested “early this evening.” He also declined to say if the suspect was linked to Lily Peters.
