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Lily Peters was riding her bike home from her aunt’s house in
Chippewa Falls on April 24, 2022, when Carson Peters-Berger
persuaded her to leave a trail and explore the surrounding woods
with him, according to the criminal complaint.
The girl’s body was discovered the next day. An autopsy
determined she had been beaten, strangled and sexually
assaulted.
Peters-Berger, now 18, was 14 at the time of the killing. He was
arrested the day after Peters' body was found.
Chippewa County Judge Steven Gibbs accepted his guilty plea on
Wednesday and sentenced him to life in prison. Under a plea
deal, two other charges — first-degree sexual assault causing
great bodily harm and first-degree child sexual assault
involving a child under 13 — were dismissed.
Peters-Berger's attorneys, Michael Cohen and Alicia Linzmeier,
did not return emails seeking comment.
Peters-Berger's attorneys tried to get the case moved to
juvenile court, where proceedings are secret. They argued that
Peters-Berger would not receive the mental health treatment he
needs in the adult criminal justice system.
But the judge refused, saying the offenses were too serious to
warrant such a move. A state appeals court also kept the case in
adult court
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