Defense appeals move to keep teen suspect in 10-year-old's murder, sexual assault, in adult court
Suspect, 15-year-old Wisconsin boy only identified as C.P.-B., charged in Lily Peters homicide case
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The defense is appealing a ruling that that kept in adult court the case of a 15-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of killing a 10-year-old girl after luring her into woods.
Defense attorney Michael Cohen has filed an appeal of the Jan. 22 decision in the case of the boy identified only as C.P.-B., who is accused in the April 24, 2022, slaying of 10-year-old Iliana "Lily" Peters, the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram reported Friday.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cohen filed the 13-page appeal in Chippewa County Court, asking the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to review the matter.
Defense attorneys for a 15-year-old Wisconsin boy charged with the grisly murder of a 10-year-old girl have appealed a decision to keep his case in adult court.
C. P.-B., who will turn 16 in March, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of first-degree sexual assault. He has been held in the Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Eau Claire on a $1 million cash bond since his arrest.
The teen allegedly persuaded the girl to leave a trail and explore the surrounding woods as she was riding her bike home from her aunt’s house in Chippewa Falls. Searchers found her body the next morning.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The boy told investigators that after they left the trail, he punched her, hit her with a heavy stick and strangled her until she died, then sexually assaulted her body, according to a criminal complaint.
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Anyone who is at least 10 years old and is accused of first- or second-degree homicide is considered an adult in Wisconsin’s court system.