[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Wisconsin police have turned a missing persons case into a homicide investigation after the body of a 10-year-old girl was found.
During a press conference on Monday, Chippewa Falls Police Chief Matthew Kelm said the body of Iliana Peters (above) was discovered in a wooded area near the Duncan Creek Trail at about 9:15 a.m.
on Monday. According to the department, the fourth grader was reported missing by her father on Sunday night after she failed to return home from a visit to her aunt’s house.
Her bicycle was found later that evening in the woods near a walking trail not far from her aunt’s home. After the body was discovered, it was later confirmed to be Peters by the Chippewa County Coroner. Related: Rust Body Cam Footage Shows Alec Baldwin Moments After Fatal Shooting Kelm said the investigation is just kicking off, adding that no one has been taken into custody yet.
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