Investigators say on Sept. 16, Lewis and Spencer — along with other teens — were present in Washington Park.
Officials say Lewis and Spencer confronted Lee, who was minding her own business laying out on a blanket in the park, and started to harass her and demand money. Investigators say the harassment quickly escalated to physical violence and sexual assault.
According to a criminal complaint, Lee was beaten, assaulted, and then dragged to the pond in Washington Park and left to die. She was found half-clothed and unconscious and taken to Froedtert Hospital. She died three days later.
An autopsy determined her cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head and the manner was determined to be homicide.
The criminal complaint says surveillance video, witness accounts, DNA, and scene evidence helped investigators connect Lewis and Spencer to the crime.
Investigators interviewed Lewis, who — according to the criminal complaint — stated in two different interviews he never called for help after the beating and assault because he thought Lee was dead or soon to be dead and it “wouldn’t have made a difference and that he didn’t really care about her because she is not someone he knows personally.”
https://krdo.com/news/national-world/2021/02/11/teens-charged-in-random-attack-of-woman-raped-beaten-to-death-in-milwaukee-county-park/
Officials say Lewis and Spencer confronted Lee, who was minding her own business laying out on a blanket in the park, and started to harass her and demand money. Investigators say the harassment quickly escalated to physical violence and sexual assault.
According to a criminal complaint, Lee was beaten, assaulted, and then dragged to the pond in Washington Park and left to die. She was found half-clothed and unconscious and taken to Froedtert Hospital. She died three days later.
An autopsy determined her cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head and the manner was determined to be homicide.
The criminal complaint says surveillance video, witness accounts, DNA, and scene evidence helped investigators connect Lewis and Spencer to the crime.
Investigators interviewed Lewis, who — according to the criminal complaint — stated in two different interviews he never called for help after the beating and assault because he thought Lee was dead or soon to be dead and it “wouldn’t have made a difference and that he didn’t really care about her because she is not someone he knows personally.”
https://krdo.com/news/national-world/2021/02/11/teens-charged-in-random-attack-of-woman-raped-beaten-to-death-in-milwaukee-county-park/