June 28, 1997 - Custody Testimony Continues
Testimony resumed this morning in Knoxville in a court hearing to decide the future of the only survivor of the Baileyton shootings. Knoxville Chancellor Frederick McDonald is charged with appointing a guardian for two year old Peter Lillelid. The child's parents and sister died last April after being gunned down on a gravel road near Baileyton. The child was wounded in the eye and chest. He is currently under care at the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center. The child's paternal aunt of Stockholm, Sweden, is fighting for custody of Peter, with his maternal grandmother and aunt, who live in a Miami suburb. Six suspects in the shooting are being held in the Greene County Detention Center and the Washington County Youth Center pending a hearing next month on the murder charges.