Washington Park killing, rape; Milwaukee man pleads guilty

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man pleaded responsible on Thursday, March 16 within the reference to the rape and killing of a girl in Washington Park.

Kamare Lewis, 19, pleaded responsible to first-degree intentional murder and second-degree sexual assault for the September 2020 crime. The sufferer, Ee Lee, was severely crushed and left for useless.

Bystanders discovered Lee in Washington Park. She was nonetheless respiration however unconscious and undressed beneath the waist. A hospital examination confirmed the sexual assault. She died as a consequence of blunt power trauma to her head.

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A prison criticism stated video confirmed 5 to 6 folks probably concerned within the crime working from the world. It appeared Lee had been taken from a blanket to a tree, the place the sexual assault occurred. She was then dragged to the sting of the pond and left for useless. Primarily based on the video, investigators discovered it was “in all probability teenage boys or younger males related to one another” who have been concerned.

Video from the Washington Park Library confirmed 11 folks leaving the park. One was Lewis, prosecutors stated.

One of many bystanders who known as 911 after discovering Lee’s physique was decided to have truly been within the park throughout the assault, the criticism stated, strolling with a number of topics, together with Lewis and one other individual. When confronted with that data, prosecutors stated the witness gave a “detailed assertion” to point Lewis and the opposite individual, beforehand recognized as Kevin Spencer, beat Lee and compelled her to carry out intercourse acts. The witness stated video was later seen on Lewis’s cellphone exhibiting Lewis and Spencer hitting her as she lay on the bottom.

The second one that discovered the physique stated he witnessed Lewis “hitting (Lee) with tree branches and punching her within the face” whereas Spencer additionally beat the sufferer. After the beating, he stated, “Spencer instructed Kamare to place her within the water and Kamare was dragging her to the water.”

Spencer pleaded responsible on March 7 to first-degree reckless murder and second-degree sexual assault. Each Lewis and Spencer are scheduled for sentencing in June.