Nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte died from a stab wound to the chest, inquest hears
The alleged murder victim was found in a quiet street in the town of Boston at around 6.20pm on Thursday July 28.
Deividas Skebas is charged with murdering Lilia, and was remanded into custody by a judge at Lincoln Crown Court on Monday.Acting senior coroner Paul Smith was told a forensic post-mortem examination had been carried out by pathologist Stuart Hamilton and the "provisional cause of death has been given as... stab wound to the chest."Lilia was found on Fountain Lane in Boston.
Lilia had reportedly been playing with her younger sister on the street just yards from an office where their mother was working at the time.The nine-year-old died from a stab wound to the chest.Chief Superintendent Martyn Parker said earlier: "This is a heartbreaking case that has affected many people in Boston, and further afield.
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