Chippewa Falls residents have kicked off a petition aiming to streamline the way authorities notify public alerts about missing children after the shocking slaying of 10-year-old Lily Peters, who was killed Sunday on the way home from her aunt’s house in Wisconsin.
noted that there was no Amber Alert for Lily"due to the rules around what constitutes its use."
LILY PETERS KILLING: JUDGE SETS $1M BOND FOR 14-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT CHARGED AS ADULT IN GIRL'S SHOCKING DEATH "I just know that as a father if your child is out of your sight for just a split second, the feeling of helplessness and the dread of not knowing," he said."We had plenty of information on this girl’s supposed whereabouts to and from, we could’ve easily narrowed it down to a radius. We’re in the day of technology… I don’t see why as soon as the police were contacted the community couldn’t have been contacted.
A missing person case must meet certain federal requirements for an Amber Alert to be issued – requirements which include a"reasonable belief by law enforcement that an abduction has occurred" and the"imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death." The child’s name and other information must also be entered into the National Crime Information Center beforehand.
"Protection of [the] community also is necessary in this case given his statements regarding his intentions and his statements regarding that when he did get off the trail, he punched the victim in the stomach, knocked her to the ground, essentially strangled her, hit her with a stick, before strangling her to the point of death -- before he then sexually assaulted her," Chippewa County District Attorney Wade Newell told the judge at the bond hearing.
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