Peters’ father referred to as the police Sunday night time when she didn’t come house from visiting her aunt’s home, Chippewa Falls Police Division (CFPD) stated in a information launch Monday. Later that night time, officers discovered a bicycle in a wooded space by a strolling path near her aunt’s home, CFPD stated.
Round 9:00 a.m. Monday morning, her physique was discovered within the woods close to the strolling path, in accordance with CFPD. The Chippewa County Coroner’s Workplace confirmed the stays have been Peters’.
Officers consider Peters was final seen by members of the family the night time of her disappearance, in accordance with the CFPD launch. She was alleged to be headed house from her aunt’s home when she disappeared, CFPD stated.
In a single day, native authorities looked for Peters by going door-to-door and utilizing K9 groups, the discharge stated. In addition they used a drone to look the wooded space the place her bike was discovered.
Throughout a information convention Monday, CFPD Chief Matthew Kelm didn’t elaborate on how the woman was killed or what proof was discovered on the scene.
Police are investigating Peters’ demise as a murder and don’t at present have anyone in custody, Kelm stated, including police have arrange a tip line for members of the neighborhood.
Kelm warned there should still be a hazard to the general public as authorities should not have a suspect in custody.
“The straightforward truth is that we have now not made an arrest on this case, so the suspect remains to be at massive,” he stated. “So in that case, we simply need to be additional vigilant and make it possible for if there are any suggestions, anybody has any info, to go forward and name that tip line.”
A number of companies are helping CFPD of their investigation together with the Wisconsin Division of Prison Investigation and the Wisconsin State Crime Lab, Kelm stated.