The Lillelid Murders/ OCCULT.CRIMES
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The Lillelid murders refers to a criminal case in Greene County, Tennessee, United States, where three members of the Lillelid family were murdered on April 6, 1997. Vidar Lillelid (aged 34), Delfina Lillelid (aged 28), and their daughter Tabitha (aged 6) and son Peter (aged 2) were shot on a deserted rural road near Greeneville during a carjacking committed by a group of youths. Vidar and Delfina were found dead at the scene, while Tabitha died after being transported to the hospital. Peter survived, but as a result of the shooting was left with disabilities.
Six young people from Kentucky, including two minors, were convicted of felony murder for the deaths of Vidar, Delphina and Tabitha Lillelid, with all receiving three life sentences, and an additional 25-years each for the attempted murder of Peter Lillelid.
References were made by witnesses and prosecutors at trial to rumors that the six were involved with occultism and Satanism, however no evidence was presented and this omission was cited in Natasha Cornett's unsuccessful 2002 appeal of her conviction.
Six young people from Kentucky, including two minors, were convicted of felony murder for the deaths of Vidar, Delphina and Tabitha Lillelid, with all receiving three life sentences, and an additional 25-years each for the attempted murder of Peter Lillelid.
References were made by witnesses and prosecutors at trial to rumors that the six were involved with occultism and Satanism, however no evidence was presented and this omission was cited in Natasha Cornett's unsuccessful 2002 appeal of her conviction.