CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WRN) — A high-profile Chippewa County murder trial will not be heard by a local jury.
Chippewa County Judge Steven Gibbs ruled Wednesday in favor of a change of venue for the trial of Carson Peters-Berger in the death of Lily Peters. That means the case will either be heard outside Chippewa County or by a jury picked in another county.
Further rulings would seal information in the case from being recorded by online records and prevent the media from showing jurors’ faces.
Now 17-years-old, Peters-Berger was just 14 when he allegedly sexually assaulted and killed his 10-year-old cousin in Chippewa Falls in April of 2022. He’s charged with 1st-degree intentional homicide and two counts of sexual assault.