THE DARK SIDE OF NEBRASKA
Lucas Peterson
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photo courtesy Robert Becker/Lincoln Journal Star
Full Name: Lucas J. Peterson
DOB: February 1, 1985
Charge: Manslaughter
County: Seward
City: Seward
Current Status: Tecumseh State Correctional Institution
Date of Crime: January 8, 2007
Victim: Trista Michelle Peterson
DOB: February 1, 1985
Charge: Manslaughter
County: Seward
City: Seward
Current Status: Tecumseh State Correctional Institution
Date of Crime: January 8, 2007
Victim: Trista Michelle Peterson
Trista Peterson, courtesy Lincoln Journal Star
Lucas Peterson, 22, of Pleasant Dale, originally from Bee, will serve time for the manslaughter death of his infant daughter, Trista, in 2007. Trista was reported missing on January 4, 2007.
Authorities were dispatched January 30, to do a welfare check at Lucas's home. They were unable to locate Lucas or Trista. On April 12, Lucas led investigators to an area in Butler County where the body of the infant was believed to be buried. He physically took authorities to the site. Trista's little body was located in a neighboring county in a shallow grave in a grove of cedar trees on an abandoned farmstead three miles south of Highway 92 off of County Road P in Butler County.
Tragedy took shape in 2007 with Trista's mother, Jennifer Williams, in prison on a bad-check charge and with admitted drug user Lucas in charge of her care. An autopsy revealed the severe blunt force trauma to the head, trunk and neck ended the life of his daughter after only 11 months.
Authorities were dispatched January 30, to do a welfare check at Lucas's home. They were unable to locate Lucas or Trista. On April 12, Lucas led investigators to an area in Butler County where the body of the infant was believed to be buried. He physically took authorities to the site. Trista's little body was located in a neighboring county in a shallow grave in a grove of cedar trees on an abandoned farmstead three miles south of Highway 92 off of County Road P in Butler County.
Tragedy took shape in 2007 with Trista's mother, Jennifer Williams, in prison on a bad-check charge and with admitted drug user Lucas in charge of her care. An autopsy revealed the severe blunt force trauma to the head, trunk and neck ended the life of his daughter after only 11 months.