An aggravated murder charge was filed Tuesday against a 15-year-old boy accused of luring 12-year-old Kailey Vijil out of her home with a "lost cat" story, then strangling her in a West Valley City pasture last week. Officials with the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office said in a press release Tuesday that the charge was filed in 3rd District Juvenile Court, but that they want the boy's case moved to adult court "based upon the severity of the charge."...
According to a probable cause statement filed in court, the teen boy knocked on Vijil's door at around midnight last Thursday, asking for help finding his lost cat. Vijil's 14-year-old sister initially answered the door, but told the boy she wouldn't help him. The defendant then asked the 12-year-old girl to help him, and she left the home with him, according to court records. Her sister told their mother that Vijil had left with the defendant, according to court records, and when Vijil did not return home, the girls' mother contacted police.