Family Share Pictures Of ‘Fun And Cheeky’ Lilia Valutyte Who Was Stabbed To Death

The grief-stricken family of tragic Lilia Valutyte have shared a series of photos of the ‘fun’ and ‘cheeky’ the 9-year-old schoolgirl who was stabbed.

Gatekeepers News reports that Valutyte has launched a fundraiser for a statue to be built in her honour.

She was stabbed to death in front of her five-year-old sister on Fountain lane in Boston, Lincolnshire, on July 28, in a murder that shocked the nation.

An inquest heard Lilia died from a single stab wound and was identified by her stepfather.

Her mother, Lina Savicke, 35, worked in a recruitment office just yards away from where she was slain.

In the most recent photos shared by her family, Lilia is seen dressed in a blue bubble suit, at a bike show in Boston, joking around in the kitchen, at an aquarium, and at a dance competition sharing a hug with her sister.

Ms Savicke told police, “Lilia was grown in that street, every week she spent down there playing, and it happened next to the window.

“The memorial is a way for her to still be there, and we’re now fundraising to get it.”

She added, “It’s hard to know what to say. She was just a normal child, one day she’s happy and another she isn’t, one day she wants to eat pancakes and another she doesn’t – the usual things.

“She loved to dance, travel and try new things, and annoy her sister. She wanted to go to Italy, so we will probably go anyway next year.”

The deceased was born at Boston Pilgrim Hospital and most recently attended Boston Pioneers Academy in Fydell Crescent.

Her stepfather, Aurelijus Savickas added “She was cheeky; quiet in one way and then other ways she wasn’t. She always tried to make fun.'”

Plans for the statue will either incorporate the form of an angel with her face or will take her full likeness.

A fundraiser has been set up by a close family friend through a Just Giving appeal. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

Ms Savicke said, “There are so many things we could say, but we are not going to talk a lot about who she was and share those stories from our home; they are ours and we want to keep them for us.

“You find yourself looking for her everywhere. We had four corners and now one is gone.”

Skebas, of Thorold Street, Boston, who appeared in court on Monday, August 1, was charged with Lilia’s murder, and has been remanded in custody at Lincoln Crown Court. A plea hearing is set for September 19.