10-15-2011, 05:02 PM
WORLD-HERALD NEWS SERVICE
HARRISON, Neb. — A Mitchell man accused of killing his 8-year-old stepdaughter will make his first appearance in Sioux County District Court next week.
Salvador Carl Lopez, 32, of Mitchell has been charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 21 death of 8-year-old Kerra Wilson.
Lopez will be arraigned in District Court at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Sioux County authorities have not released the results of an autopsy in the girl's death. Lopez was charged with murder two days after she was reported missing.
Lopez was also being held on suspicion of sexual assault, but no formal charges have been filed.
Sioux County Attorney Adam Edmund has not responded to calls and emails seeking further information in the case.
Edmund said last month that all statements from the County Attorney's Office would be made in press releases. However, no further information has been released since Lopez's Sept. 23 arrest.
Officials discovered Kerra's body on a ranch north of Mitchell on Sept. 22. She had been reported missing by her grandmother after she did not show up for school. Initially, Lopez had said he had dropped off Kerra at her Mitchell school on the morning of Sept. 21.
The search for Kerra involved officials with the FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Lopez appeared in Sioux County Court on Sept. 26. He waived a preliminary hearing in the case and his charges were bound over to District Court.
Lopez appeared without an attorney during the county court proceedings and an attorney has not yet been listed in his case, according to computer court records.
HARRISON, Neb. — A Mitchell man accused of killing his 8-year-old stepdaughter will make his first appearance in Sioux County District Court next week.
Salvador Carl Lopez, 32, of Mitchell has been charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 21 death of 8-year-old Kerra Wilson.
Lopez will be arraigned in District Court at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Sioux County authorities have not released the results of an autopsy in the girl's death. Lopez was charged with murder two days after she was reported missing.
Lopez was also being held on suspicion of sexual assault, but no formal charges have been filed.
Sioux County Attorney Adam Edmund has not responded to calls and emails seeking further information in the case.
Edmund said last month that all statements from the County Attorney's Office would be made in press releases. However, no further information has been released since Lopez's Sept. 23 arrest.
Officials discovered Kerra's body on a ranch north of Mitchell on Sept. 22. She had been reported missing by her grandmother after she did not show up for school. Initially, Lopez had said he had dropped off Kerra at her Mitchell school on the morning of Sept. 21.
The search for Kerra involved officials with the FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Lopez appeared in Sioux County Court on Sept. 26. He waived a preliminary hearing in the case and his charges were bound over to District Court.
Lopez appeared without an attorney during the county court proceedings and an attorney has not yet been listed in his case, according to computer court records.