Lauren Belius

Lauren Belius

Friends, family, and community members gathered in Sherrill Tuesday
night to remember the 6-year-old girl who was murdered that morning.

Dozens walked through the streets with candles, and gathered to sign a giant teddy bear in honor of Lauren Belius.

Police are still investigating how the little girl was stabbed to death in her home.

According
to their investigation, the child’s mother – 36-year-old Alison Belius –
woke up to screams early Tuesday morning and went to a room in which
two of her three children lived in their home at 408 Primo Ave. When she
came upon the room it was barricaded with a dresser. She broke into the
room and discovered her live-in boyfriend, 30-year-old David
Trebilcock, stabbing her 6-year-old daughter Lauren Belius, according to
police.

Police were alerted to the incident when another child ran to a neighbor’s house. Police responded just after 8:30 a.m.

The child was taken to Oneida Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Trebilcock
was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Utica with stab wounds.
Police did not know whether or not the wounds were self-inflicted or if
they occurred when Alison Belius tried to stop Trebilcock.

Trebilcock will be charged with second degree murder upon his release, police say.

Grief counselors will be available tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the public at EA McAllister Elementary in Sherrill.

This school is part of the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill district.
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