Former D.A. and first responders look back on Lillelid murders 20 years later

2,558 views · Published 6 April 2017 · 3:16 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: WJHL · 2017 · News & Politics

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Thursday marks twenty years since one of the most chilling crimes in our region.

On April 6th 1997, the Lillelid family was murdered by a group of six people, the only survivor is their two year old son. Vidar and Delfina Lillelid were killed along with their six-year-old daughter Tabitha. Their two-year-old son Peter, survived.

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