'She fell into my hands and I shouted for help' Mother relives moment of stabbed daughter's death
Lilia Valutyte was described by family friends as a 'happy child' and a 'beautiful person'Lilia Valutyte was just nine when she was stabbed to death on a quiet street in the Lincolnshire town of Boston. Her killing and the subsequent manhunt caused national headlines. However, as the initial shock faded, a family and community were left facing a future without a young girl whose death left an indelible mark which survived beyond her passing.
Her mother, Lina Savicke, remembers hearing Lilia call her name before she rushed into the street to see her daughter still clutching the hoop and, moments later, collapsing into her arms."I went outside. I saw there was blood and she was with a hula hoop and the hula hoop was bent. I straight away said, 'Lilia what has happened?' I took the hula hoop and she was still standing. She fell into my hands. I started to shout for...""I started to shout for help," she sobs.
Ms Savicke moved to Boston from her native Lithuania in February 2009. Lilia was born in the UK. Keen to work and get on, Ms Savicke opened first a café and then the embroidery shop. She thought her family would be safe. "She was doing really good," he says. "All of our students really loved her. Everyone knew her. A big, big dreamer."
Inquiries revealed Skebas moved to Boston, most likely for work, but then returned home to Lithuania before the Covid pandemic.
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