Cousin of 10-Year-Old Lily Peters Gets Life in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Her Killing
Carson Peters-Berger pleaded guilty under a plea deal and received life in prison after prosecutors and defense recommended parole eligibility after 20 years.
- On Wednesday, Chippewa County Judge Steven Gibbs sentenced 18-year-old Carson Peters-Berger to life in prison for the first-degree intentional homicide of his 10-year-old cousin, Lily Peters, committed four years ago.
- Peters-Berger, 14 at the time, confessed to luring Lily into the woods on April 24, 2022, where he beat her with a stick and strangled her before attempting to hide her body.
- Under a plea agreement, sexual assault charges were dismissed but read into the record for sentencing; Judge Gibbs extended eligibility for extended supervision to 25 years, rejecting the joint 20-year recommendation.
- Family members testified about the tragedy's impact, with Whitcome stating, "This one act has devastated an entire family, on both sides, that will never be the same." Residents including Hoshal described how the community lost its sense of safety.
- The case inspired statewide legislation known as the Prince Act, named after a five-year-old boy from Milwaukee, which expanded AMBER Alert criteria to better protect Wisconsin children from similar tragedies.
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Teenager Who Killed 10-Year-Old Cousin Is Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Four Years After U.S. Crime
An 18-year-old pleaded guilty to the murder of a 10-year-old girl, committed when he was 14, in the state of Wisconsin, in the United States. Carson Peters-Berger admitted to killing cousin Lily Peters in 2022 and was sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment, with possibility of parole after 25 years. Four people die after a small plane crash in Alaska Video: Girocopter hits cable cars and leaves two dead in northern Italy The deal was accept…
Teen Cousin Sentenced for Murder of Lily Peters, 10
A Wisconsin teen who admitted killing his 10-year-old cousin in the woods near her home will spend much of his life behind bars, People reports. Carson T. Peters-Berger, now 18, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of extended supervision after 25 years for the 2022 murder...
Teen Cousin Sentenced in Strangling Death of 10-Year-Old Lily Peters
Internewscast Journal Internewscast The teenage cousin of 10-year-old Wisconsin girl Lily Peters, whose killing stunned… This Post: Teen Cousin Sentenced in Strangling Death of 10-Year-Old Lily Peters first appeared on Internewscast Journal
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