CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (FOX 9) - The Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin police chief is warning residents to be vigilant after a 10-year-old girl was found dead on Monday.The body of 10-year-old Iliana "Lily" Peters was found Monday morning in a wooded area near a trail in Chippewa Falls.
Police say they are investigating the death as a homicide.Lily Peters was reported missing on Sunday night by her family. Lily was last seen leaving her aunt’s home on the 400 block of North Grove Street Sunday evening, police said.
She was supposed to be headed home but never arrived. Her father called police around 9 p.m. Sunday to report his daughter hadn’t returned home.
Lily Peters was last seen leaving her aunt's home Sunday evening Authorities began searching for Lily Sunday night, finding her bicycle in a wooded area by a walking trail between the end of North Grove Street and the Leinenkugel’s Brewing Company parking lot, not far from her aunt’s house.