Criminal complaint in Chippewa Falls homicide to be unsealed
CHIPPEWA FALLS (WLUK/AP) -- A boy appeared before a judge Thursday on charges he killed and sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl in western Wisconsin.
The 14-year-old boy, identified only by his initials, was charged in adult court last week.
Chippewa County Coroner Ronald Patten said that the autopsy on Illiana "Lily" Peters showed the manner of death was homicide. Peters disappeared April 24 while walking home from her aunt's house in Chippewa Falls. Her body was discovered the next morning on a walking trail.
Preliminary autopsy results confirmed that Peters died of strangulation and blunt force trauma.
In court Thursday, the judge ordered the criminal complaint be unsealed but the search warrants will remain sealed.
All parties will return to court on June 24.
