Defense attorneys are appealing a ruling that kept the case of a 15-year-old Wisconsin boy accused of killing a 10-year-old girl after luring her into the woods in adult court.
Defense attorney Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit on Jan. 22 in the case of a boy identified only as CP-B, who is charged with the April 24, 2022, murder of 10-year-old Iliana “Lily” Peters. He appealed against the judgment of the day. The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram reported Friday.
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Cohen filed a 13-page petition in Chippewa County Court asking the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to reconsider the case.
Lawyers for a 15-year-old Wisconsin boy charged with the gruesome murder of a 10-year-old girl have appealed a decision to keep his case in adult court.
CP-B, who turns 16 in March, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of first-degree sexual assault. He has been held at the Northwest Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Eau Claire on $1 million cash bail since his arrest.
The girl was riding her bicycle home from her aunt’s house in Chippewa Falls when she allegedly convinced him to get off the road and explore the surrounding woods. A search team found her body the next morning.
The boy told investigators that after they left, he beat her, beat her with a heavy stick, strangled her until she died, and sexually assaulted her body, according to the criminal complaint. .
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In the Wisconsin court system, a person who is 10 years of age or older and is charged with first- or second-degree murder is considered an adult.
