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Cousin of 10-year-old Wisconsin girl pleads guilty to her killing and gets life in prison
- Carson Peters-Berger, who was 14 at the time, pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide in the 2022 death of his 10-year-old cousin, Lily Peters, and was sentenced to life in prison.
- Lily went missing while biking in Chippewa Falls in April 2022 and was found the next day; Peters-Berger was arrested shortly afterward.
- The defense sought to move the case to juvenile court for treatment, but judges and an appeals court kept it in adult court; under a plea deal, two other charges were dismissed.
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