Judge Steven Gibbs. Image courtesy: WAOW TV
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI (WSAU) — The teenage boy charged with killing Lily Peters in 2022 will be tried as an adult.
The decision came Tuesday from a three-judge panel that took up the appeal earlier this year, confirming the decision originally made by Judge Steven Gibbs.
The decision means the courts will likely release the boy’s name. Court records continue to identify him by his initials, CPB.
His defense team had argued that the boy would get better treatment in the juvenile court system. But Gibbs and others have said doing so would diminish the severity of the charges.
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The now 16-year-old is facing charges of intentional homicide and sexual assault. Investigators say he killed Peters as he was accompanying her home after a visit to her aunt’s house. That’s when he is said to have asked her to “go exploring” in a wooded area.
Police say he told them that he beat her with a stick and punched her numerous times, then left her body in the area and returned home. When he learned that she had been reported missing, officers say he returned to the area to try to hide her body better.
CPB faces a mandatory life sentence if found guilty on the homicide count alone.
No further court action was immediately scheduled. Judge Gibbs is continuing to handle the case.
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