53: 14-Year-Old Kills 10-Year-Old Cousin In The Most Gruesome Way | The Disturbing Case of Lily Peters

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Code valid for new users only. Voidware prohibited by law. 18 plus terms and conditions apply. Crown Coins. Crown Coins Casino. 10-year-old Liliana Lily Peters was killed and sexually assaulted. Planned. Planned, premeditated, knew what he was doing. For me, the deaths of children are the worst kinds of cases. And even though it hurts to have those happy memories, at least I had them. But to hear this happening to a 10-year-old, again, it's just, it's unthinkable. Today, we are going to be taking a second look at a case that I covered multiple times back in 2022. However, I do want to warn you, it is a very difficult case. I could barely stomach it back then. I'm sure that I will have trouble with it today as well because it is a case surrounding a 10-year-old little girl named Lily Peters. Now, when I first looked at this case years ago, there really wasn't a whole lot of information out there. However, new information slowly was coming out month by month. And now, fast forward to today, it's been years. And there have been some really significant updates. Not only significant updates, but very disturbing revelations and things that make you take a closer look at who you live with, who your family is, and just the true evil that people are capable of. So that being said, we are going to revisit. Some of my old coverage on this case. You know how it goes with reopens. We pull all of the coverage together with updates that I'm going to be recording today as well, just so that you have the full comprehensive overview of the case. You may notice some minor differences in audio, video, as present Annie comes on versus past tense Annie. But the goal, again, is just to give you as much information as possible. So that being said, my name is Annie Elise, and today we are reopening the case of Lily Peters. Let's jump right in. Lily Peters is a 10-year-old girl and fourth grade student at Parkview Elementary School in Chippewa, Wisconsin. And Chippewa has a population of just 14,000 people. It is a very small town and a very tight-knit community. On Sunday, April 24th, Lily Peters is a 10-year-old girl and fourth grade student at Parkview Elementary School in Chippewa, Wisconsin. Lily rode her bike over to her aunt's house. Her aunt, who lived approximately four blocks away from Lily. And later that evening, Lily was reportedly seen leaving her aunt's house on her bike, but never returned home that evening. So family checked the area and contacted friends and family members, but couldn't find Lily anywhere. So around 9 p.m. that evening, Lily's father notified the police that she was missing. Now, as I mentioned, her house was only four blocks away, from her aunt's house. So what could have happened to Lily in less than the five minutes it would take to ride her bike from her aunt's house back home? Police began searching for this little 10-year-old girl on Sunday night. Eventually, they found her bicycle near a wooded area by a walking trail near her aunt's house. But Lily was nowhere to be found. So when their initial searches failed to actually turn up Lily, additional resources were brought in. They had additional police units. They had canine teams, drones, all these different people, and, you know, avenues of searching were asked to come in and assist. Search teams also went door-to-door throughout the night in an effort to determine where Lily was. But unfortunately, just 12 hours later, on Monday, April 25th, the body of Lily Peters was located in the woods at 9.15 a.m. She was located near her aunt's house, close to a walking trail at the end of Grove Street, and lining Kugel's brewery parking lot. And it was that same location where her bike had been found just the night before. And this is just a two-minute ride from her aunt's house, guys. Now, when you look at Google Maps, the walking trail that she was found on and that her bike was found on is hard to see through satellite images. However, here you can see the entrance to the walking trail. It appears to have lots of terrain, woods on both sides, lots of tall greenery, making it extremely easy for someone to hide and potentially attack someone. And if you look at this image here, it's Prairie Street, which actually runs parallel to the trail. So essentially, Lily was riding on this desolate path alone with the woods on either sides of her. And although it may seem risky and potentially dangerous in hindsight, remember, this trail is only a two-minute bike ride. And after those two-minute bike rides, you're back on public streets. So who was this monster that was lurking in the shadows that night who chose to blitz attack this sweet, innocent little girl, Lily? Attacking her in less than the two minutes it took for her to enter and exit that trail. Police said that they suspect that Lily is a victim of homicide. Good afternoon and thank you for coming. My name is Matthew Kelman. I'm the chief of police for the Chippewa Falls Police Department. This is an update on the latest news from the Chippewa Falls Police Department. This is an update on the missing person case that was first reported last night. At about 9 o'clock last night, the Chippewa Falls Police Department received information that Ileana Lily M. Peters, age 10, was missing from the city of Chippewa Falls. Lily's father reported that she had not returned home from a visit from her aunt's house in the 400 block of North Grove Street. Officers later located a bicycle in the woods near the walking trail between the end of North Grove Street and the Line of Clues Brewery parking lot. Numerous agencies and resources were called to assist, with a search for Lily. At about 9.15 this morning, a body was located in the wooded area near the walking trail. The Chippewa County Coroner's Office has now confirmed that this is the body of Lily Peters. At this point, we are considering this a homicide investigation. We do not have anyone in custody at this time, and we are continuing to follow up on multiple leads. The Chippewa Falls Police Department has numerous assisting agencies, and we will be working diligently and tirelessly on this case. We encourage anyone who is interested in this case to contact us. We encourage anyone with information to please contact the Chippewa Falls Police Department and to maintain a state of vigilance, as there may be a danger to the public. To maintain the integrity of this very active and ongoing investigation, I am unable to provide any further details at this time. I do anticipate an additional press conference around 5 o'clock tonight. We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Lily Peters during this tragic time. Thank you. This is not the ending you had hoped and prayed for. What has this been like for you and the department after making that discovery? Well, as you can imagine, us first responders are tremendously impacted by anything that impacts one of our children. So it is very difficult for them and the investigators. So I wish thank you for your patience, and we will provide more information as soon as we're able to. So thank you. And in a letter actually sent home to parents, on Monday afternoon, the school district gave recommendations to parents and encouraged them to pick up and drop off students who usually walk to and from school. District officials also said that their buildings are on high alert, adding that law enforcement has not indicated a need to go into lockdown, but that they have requested an increase in law enforcement presence at school facilities and in the neighborhoods, and that they're expecting that to happen. Good evening, everyone. I am Chief Matt Kalman, with the Chippewa Falls Police Department, and I'm providing an update on the homicide investigation. I first want to express my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Lily Peters. I will be able to answer a few questions at the end of this briefing, but please bear in mind that we are very early in this investigation, and I am limited in what information I can provide so as not to compromise the investigation. At this point, we do not have anyone in custody, and I am going to be able to answer any questions that you may have. And I want to reiterate that people remain vigilant, as there could be a danger to the public. We have established a tip line, and we encourage anyone with information to call the tip line at 1-800-263-5906. And again, that number is 1-800-263-5906. Our investigators are following up with leads and TEPs act. actively. The people of our community are honest, hardworking, and kindhearted. It is almost impossible to believe that something this horrific could happen in our city, and an event like this threatens our sense of security. However, I believe we will come together as a community to overcome this fear. A number of resources are being utilized in the search for answers in this tragic case. We currently have representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigations, the Wisconsin State Crime Lab, as well as many local law enforcement agencies assisting in this investigation who are working tirelessly to uncover the truth. We also have victim advocates who are working with the family. I would ask, in closing, that if anyone has any information about this case, that they please reach out to that tip line. And again, that's at 1-800-425-4255. 1-800-263-5906. There's a few questions. I will try to answer some of them. Chief Kell, I'm reporting back for you with Fox 9. You said you want people to remain vigilant. The school district even came out and said, parents, if you can, pick up your kids. Don't let them walk or bike. It sounds to me like you think this person could still be around, that people may be in danger. Can you just expand on that? Chief Kell: Well, the simple fact is that we have not made an arrest in this case, so we're not going to be able to have them back. We're going to have to make sure that the suspect is still at large. So in that case, we just want to be extra vigilant and make sure that if there are any tips, anyone has any information, to go ahead and call that tip line. We have a lot of investigators that are working on those all the time. Chief, could you talk about a timeline, possibly? We saw on the release that 9:00 is when a family member called, but could you please just describe when she was last seen, when she left her aunt's home, help folks know, what they should be looking for, you know, is there a certain timeline that they should be looking for? Chief Kell: Well, that's a good question. I mean, I don't know if it's a good question. It's a good question. Sure. I think I can appreciate asking that question. And those are things that everyone wants to know about. But timelines and things like that are really things that are speaking about this active investigation. And I can't really go into those right now. How quickly were you able to determine that this was a homicide? Is there anything that you can say about that? Chief Kell: Well, I think it's a good question. I think it's a good question. I think it's a great question. And I think it's a good question. layer of just disgust. On top of that, you stack it with the fact that they were blood cousins and he did this to his own young cousin. Now your mind is starting to go like, how is this even possible? And then, bam, the cherry on top of it is that after he already kills her and she's deceased, he SAs her. The level of true disgust packed into this case haunts me because not only do you have murder, but you have I-N-C-E-S-T. You also have necra, you know where I'm going. I mean, it is just packed with so much and we're going to get into possibly the why here in just a second. So in court on Wednesday, on April 27th, DA Wade Newell argued that the defendant was actually a flight risk due to the severity of the charges and also that he was a danger to society. However, an attorney for the suspect countered, that the defendant wasn't a flight risk as he's a minor himself and claimed he has no reasonable way to raise money and flee, that he also lives with his mother and can't drive. However, the judge agreed that he was a flight risk and due to the severity of these crimes, he agreed to have the bond set at $1 million, which was the amount that the state had requested. And the bond was also coupled with the conditions that the suspect have absolutely no contact with juveniles and no access to dangerous weapons. So this young, 14-year-old, boy is facing three charges in the death of Lily Peters, including first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree essay, and first-degree essay on a minor under 13. And as of Thursday, the 28th of April, another revelation about this case surfaced. This 14-year-old boy has officially been named as Carson Peters Berger, and again, the cousin of Lily Peters. And unfortunately, as it often is revealed, many times crimes that are committed by children are because they too may have been victims themselves. And Carson's father is a convicted ped. Adam Berger is 37 years old, and he has served three years in prison for possession of explicit content involving young, underaged girls. And an eerie letter surfaced from his incarceration back in 2020, begging the judge to allow him unsupervised visits with his son, calling his boy the best of him in this letter. Other members of the family cited how Carson has not been happy since his father was arrested back in 2018, and that he was unhappy with his mother about this, and never smiling when he was in her company. His paternal grandmother called his mother, the sister of Lily's father, a bad mother who limited the boy's interactions with his father's family, so much so that his grandmother was granted grandparents' rights while his father was incarcerated. So the judge had denied the motion to allow Adam to see his son unsupervised, but the court ruled that Carson had not been able to see his son since his release, and that the court ruled that Carson had not been able to see his son since his release, because all of the photos that I was able to obtain of the two together appear to be from five years or earlier. He's currently living in a halfway house on supervised probation after his release from prison back in 2021. So my question here is, could Carson have blamed his mother for his father's incarceration, because we know he was apparently angry in her presence, would never smile, and did that result in Carson carrying a hate letter from his mother? Well, it's not that I don't think Carson was angry. I think he was angry because his mother was angry, and he was angry because she was angry, and he was angry because he was angry. But in these older photos I was able to find of Carson, he looks like a normal, happy, young boy. Nothing like the current photo we have of him, and nothing like the person who would commit such a vicious act on anybody, let alone their cousin. And again, pictures don't always tell the whole story, but to me, when I look at the two of these side by side, they don't even look like the same person. There's a new kind of evil behind the eyes. The news of Lily's final moments and her death was heartbreaking enough, and that was even before the details of what happened to her became public. Now, I know that I warned you in the beginning of this episode, but I'm going to say it again. The details that emerged from Lily's autopsy were incredibly disturbing, and quite honestly, what nightmares are made out of. New details in the death of a 10-year-old Chippewa Falls girl. According to a criminal complaint released today, the 14-year-old boy charged in Lily Peter's death told a detective that he intended to kill her. The complaint says he did that after luring her off of a trail by suggesting they explore surrounding woods. He then left her body in the woods, but did return later to try and cover up her body with leaves. The boy remains in custody on a million dollars bond. The new criminal complaint that has been unsealed has given us some truly awful details. The first thing that we learn was that Lily was actually tricked by her 14-year-old cousin Carson, and Carson specifically had this entire thing planned out in his very own disgusting way. He knew what he was going to do to Lily before they even left the house. So, Carson helped Lily walk with her bike as she left her aunt's house to return home, which was literally under a five minute commute. As they left her aunt's house, Lily walked with her bike along the road to her house, and Carson took his hoverboard. Carson asked Lily to then explore off the trail with him. Once they were off the trail, Carson hit Lily with a large stick in the head three times. Once Lily was then on the ground laying on her back, he then straddled her and strangled her. After Carson believed that Lily was deceased, he removed her pants and went on to SA her. He also told investigators that at some point, he was going to kill her. He also told investigators that at some point, he bit her. And we're going to get back to that detail in a little bit here as we go through more of these updates because I want to just make mention of that. Carson then stated that he got scared. So, he ran home, he showered, and put all of his dirty clothes in the laundry. When he heard that people were out looking for 10-year-old Lily, he went back to where her body was, moved it, and covered it with leaves. When Lily was found just 12 hours after her father had called the police to report her as missing, she was found without her pants on. So, let's pause really quickly at this first update because there are just many thoughts behind this. First off, did nobody in the family notice that Carson was gone or was acting strangely at home? Because when Lily's dad was questioning where everybody was, what happened to Lily? Did Carson's mom or mom's boyfriend not question where the last time Carson saw Lily was, especially if they knew that he left the house with her that night? Wouldn't they have asked, "Okay, well, where did you leave her off at the trail, or did you walk her all the way home? Why wasn't there any piece of information there connecting?" So, the way that Carson just casually went home and showered and then laundered his clothes is just beyond creepy. Shows that maybe, yeah, he was scared, but clearly there wasn't any remorse. He was going on as business as usual, especially because then when he heard that people were looking for Lily, he went back to the scene of the crime, dragged her lifeless body a few more feet, and covered her with leaves. And at that point, he didn't attempt to put her pants back on, meaning that he didn't care if she was found in that way, which again leads me to believe that there was just no remorse here. Not to mention, of course, that it was planned out before this even happened. It wasn't something that he just did in the heat of the moment. He had planned this before they even left the home that evening. But what I also wonder about that is when he went back to her body the next morning to move her, was nobody keeping tabs on this kid? Because if somebody's niece was missing or a family member, first of all, you wouldn't allow them out of the house. Because at that point too, all of the school district was like, not on lockdown, but they were on high alert. The police were advising parents not to allow their children to walk to school or walk home from school because they said that there was a predator on the loose. So, they were allowing their son to go out without supervision. But also, if you knew that he was the last person to see her alive, why wouldn't you be keeping tabs on him to see where he's going? There's just a lot of disconnect here. So, it seems like these parents were possibly just absent entirely or not paying attention. And according to people in the community, Carson was also at Lily's vigil the very next day. That night that she was found, he was there. And we've heard of suspects and perpetrators often inserting themselves into the investigation or showing up at the vigil. To gauge what the response is and what people are saying. But people in the community mentioned seeing him comforting his family and hugging them. And the fact that he was there doing that, knowing he's the one that not only took Lily's life, but the one who brutally assayed her body, is just beyond evil and personally, in my opinion, demonic. Now, the second update in this case is the attorney that's on this case. So, the attorney on this case is Michael Cohen. And Michael Cohen was actually Carson's father Adam's attorney when Adam, Carson's father, was serving time for his case related to child PORN. Again, I can't say it here on YouTube. And Mike is highly known and well respected in the Chippewa area. From what we've been able to gather, Michael is also not a cheap attorney. He requires a hefty retainer. So, the question is, is this pro bono or did a family member help foot the bill for this expensive attorney? Considering this lawyer also represented Adam, would it likely be that Carson's paternal family is paying for this attorney? Or did Michael agree to do this pro bono? But records show that he hasn't done any pro bono work for at least the past five years. However, in a strange twist here, a GoFundMe was set up for Lily's family and $41,000 was raised. Now, the GoFundMe was suddenly shut down abruptly without thanking anybody, without any sort of explanation. Just boom, shut down at $41,000. And Michael Cohen, the attorney, was hired shortly after that. So is there a chance that the GoFundMe money could have been used for Carson's defense fees? The autopsy showed that Lily had bite marks on her left buttock. She also had SA trauma to her backside and blunt force trauma to the left side of her head. Now, we know that Carson admittedly hit her with a stick three times in the head to subdue her and get her to the ground. He also admitted to investigators to biting her. But she had tearing on her backside. So there is SA that took place, you know, in Lily's rear. It's unknown if it also took place in the front area, but it is confirmed that she had tearing. Rehashing all of these details from years ago, it honestly makes my stomach turn. You don't have to know Lily personally to hear what happened to her and to feel absolutely horrified by it. And you would think that with that, everyone around Carson would also feel the same way. I mean, if strangers are feeling that way, obviously his family must be feeling that way, right? But shockingly, after his arrest, members of his own family came to his defense, asking the judge for leniency, even speaking out on his behalf. I don't know about you guys, but after a busy summer, I am desperately trying to get myself back into a routine. 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And I can only guess that this grandmother is also the grandmother of Lily Peters, because her saying that her family has already lost too much and went through so much pain leads me to speculate as much, which would make her the mother of Carson's mother and Lily's father. She goes on to write about Carson's accomplishments in school, that his peers view him as a great role model and how he has never been in trouble, as if that's somehow lessens the things that he's done, and the fact that he took the life of his 10-year-old cousin and brutally essayed her after she was dead. Saying things like he has excellent character and positive behavior seems in very poor taste and almost like enabling behavior, to me at least. Going on to excuse his behavior as just a young boy who got mixed up and lost control just seems like a poor excuse for the actions that he committed, especially premeditated actions, and I think that's a good thing. I think that's a good thing. He himself admitted to police that he had planned from the get-go his exact quote. I can't imagine trying to justify this kind of behavior from my child or my future grandchildren or anybody, especially considering that they had just stolen the life of my other grandchild. How do you justify this? The highlighting of his goodness ironically reminds me of pieces of the letter that his father had penned to his own judge for his case, in which he had said that Carson was the best of me. She underwhelmingly acknowledged that he does need to be punished, but doesn't think that prison is a suitable punishment. She begged the judge to send him to juvenile court to, quote-unquote, get the help he needs, even mentioning that this is the opportunity to help a young boy figure out what happened and why, as though he is the victim here and needs help. No, no, no, no, no. Her plea to the judge is clearly out of love and pain. I get that, because I can't imagine all of the pain that their entire family must be feeling. She was even mentioning a threat to her daughter's life and that of her family in this letter, too. So I get it. They're stressed and they're heartbroken. And Lily's mother also condemned these online trolls for harassing her family. So it's hard to understand all of these inner workings within a family, let alone one with so much trauma that has happened generation over generation, because we have no idea what truly did happen to these kids. Carson included behind closed doors or what continues to happen behind them. But this letter just brushed me all sorts of wrong. The attorney for Carson also submitted a letter to the judge to ask that law enforcement and the DA be barred from making comments about the case to news outlets as it proceeds, saying that this case should be tried in the courtroom and not in the media. But Carson appeared back in court, and I have to say, I was a little surprised at the direction it took. Carson appeared by video with his attorney Michael Cohen for a brief hearing during which Carson's attorney, the DA, and the judge discussed what arrangements might need to be made for witnesses that are testifying at the preliminary hearing on September 1st. See, in Wisconsin, anyone charged with a felony has the right to a preliminary hearing, at which a judge must decide if there is probable cause to believe a felony has been committed by the defendant. Carson's lawyer also brought up concerns about a video that was posted to YouTube. Not this video, not any on this channel, but probably will after this. And the video airs what sounds like audio from a police officer, something that had apparently not yet been made public. So Carson's lawyer told the judge that the video includes information that he believes also is false. And he said it also includes information that he has not seen himself and is concerned that the video could create inappropriate bias or taint a jury pool. And he gets pretty heated as he delivers this argument and information to the judge. Take a listen. Uh, attorney Cohen, were there any other items that you wanted to address today? As discussed, we did receive some additional correspondence from you. Your honor, there's one issue. Um, as the court knows, I, I wrote the correspondence and I did discuss the idea of some type of, certainly within the court's authority, some type of, uh, what I would call colloquially a gag order to try to limit certain pieces of information being to the public. Since the time that I wrote that correspondence, your honor, uh, I have been made aware as from what I can tell, at least a million people have been made aware that someone somehow provided information about this case in terms of specific pieces of evidence, video footage, phone calls, 911 calls, documents, and other things somehow have been leaked to someone who has now put a 30 minute video on YouTube where they have made my client into a cartoon figure. They have provided false information, or at least from what I can tell, false information. They have referenced information that from what I know, I don't have. And from what I know from Mr. Newell's office, apparently they say they don't have. Um, I have contacted YouTube. I have on behalf of my client attempted to begin in a privacy confidential strike against that to have it removed. I have not heard back from YouTube Corporation yet on this. But from what I can tell, at least as of two days ago, three days ago now, this video has been observed just by the time that it was released on June 3rd by over 800,000 to a million people. And frankly, Judge, when you – it's still available. I will send the court and Mr. Newell a link if they want to see it. It's still available. But this is the type of concern that I have about this case. The amount of information that is direct law enforcement information tells me that somehow information has been leaked out that is of a significant evidentiary nature, and I don't have it. But now almost a million people have seen it, and it has made my client into a cartoon figure, and it says things that are completely inappropriate. So to the extent that I now have evidence that something has occurred, I'm asking the court to, within its authorities, instruct anyone that it can, and I understand your limitations, that there will be – that there will be significant consequences for leaking of evidence about this case to the general public in such a fashion that appears to me for the purpose of doing everything possible to potentially taint a potential jury pool or cause some type of inappropriate bias towards my client. I'm not going to put up with it, Judge. All right. Attorney Newell, is that accurate, that the state has no notice or information as far as where this information is coming from? Until he mentioned it right now, I had no idea. And I guess I would ask for that link so that the state can review that to determine if it is, in fact, law enforcement video or some other video or what it is. I can't comment upon it now because I have no idea what is in that YouTube video. Obviously, the leaking of confidential information is, is already prohibited. So I don't know that the court has to take any additional action now. If the court wants to make a statement that that sort of – that that's troubling if any sort of confidential information is leaked, I don't have a problem with that. And I talked to Attorney Cohen a little bit about this a while back when he filed the letter, but because there's no notice to anyone but the parties, I think the court could only put a gag order on the parties that are part of this action. I don't think – and there's no – law enforcement has notice of any hearing today regarding what they're allowed to say or not say about that. Obviously, as an individual, I have certain constitutional rights as well under the First Amendment. I think I've done fine in not disclosing anything that is factually involved in this case other than it is a public record and out to the public as of now. I don't have a problem with there being a gag order in this matter to not talk about the facts of the case at all while the matter is pending either by the defense or the state for that matter. I mean, as the court knows, we've also received favorable correspondence to the defendant, which is now part of the – the media having that, which is the letter that was provided to the court. I've seen that in the media as well. So there's – if it is, in fact, unfavorable video for the defendant, there is also favorable information that is being provided and made available to the media as well. I don't know how we stop people from filing things, and I don't know that there's a mechanism by which to seal it. It comes in necessarily because, as the court knows, the rules from the Wisconsin Supreme Court err on the side of transparency, that everything that is filed is seen by the general public, that it's open and available. Obviously, we don't control the media, and neither of the parties control the media in that regard. I, like Attorney Cohen, want the defendant's rights to be protected. The job of the district attorney is not to be protected. It's not just to convict people. It's to make sure justice is done in the matter, and I want the defendant's rights to be protected as well. I think – I don't know exactly what the defense is asking for. It's just that the parties not talk about the case factually. I don't have a problem with that. Attorney Cohen, are you aware of whether the posting party on this link is an entity that put this together, or is this an individual posting party? Do you have any information about that? A few things. Judge, first, from what we can tell, it was put out by a man. It's called the Law and Crime Network. I will forward to your assistant, Your Honor, as well as to Mr. Newell, a copy of the link so that it can be viewed. I do not – the next point, Judge, is that – I don't agree with Mr. Newell. Anything that is filed in this case with the court is a public record that can be disseminated. I understand that. The concern that I have, Judge, is that when you see this video, you will realize relatively instantaneously that the information contained in it, almost all of it has not been disseminated to the public. It is not a public record. It is not in the court file. It is not something that's been filed for your review to determine whether it will be filed under Steele or not. It is information that is drone coverage, drone video footage, 911 calls, police communication, phone calls between law enforcement officers. It is documents. It is photographs. It is a 30-minute video. It is montage with this gentleman making all sorts of completely inappropriate commentary. Who the person is, I don't know. My concern is not that – I'm not asking that publicly, appropriately filed documents somehow be shut down. 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So I need to make sure that everyone's rights are being met and upheld as part of this matter. And so I am concerned. I don't know if this is legitimate, as Attorney Cohen discussed. A cartoon image is made of the defendant. And so I'm not sure if any of this may be audio generated or illegitimate or not. It's hard to tell sometimes with digital production, but I need to make sure that all rights are being upheld in this matter. Attorney Cohen, as far as an order on other participants in this case, including the defendant, I don't know if this is legitimate. I don't know if this is legitimate. I don't Attorney Cohen, as far as an order on other participants in this case, including the victim's rights, But also, what about the other parts of this? The sexual assault, the stick, everything that goes into it. You get to just cop to a guilty plea and work out a deal and be absolved of those? Will he even be on the registry if and when he gets out? Probably not, right? Because all he pled guilty to was first degree intentional homicide. So where's the offender charges? And how does that protect future potential victims and people on the street who don't know that history? And because he was a minor at the time, will that have been expunged? Will that ever be on his record at all that those were the once charges? I don't know. I don't know how it works. I'm going off on a tangent, but it pisses me the hell off, truly. So before I continue to get even more heated, I'm going to wrap up now, and I want to know your thoughts on this case. First of all, what do you think the motivation here was? Was it some sick, young, pervy kid looking to explore and do some sick-ass shit to his cousin, and then he was too scared? That she was going to narc on him, so he had to kill her? Was this something else? Is he going to re-offend in the future, potentially? Was this verdict and this deal justice in your eyes? 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