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Delfina Lillelid

Case from Greeneville, TN dated Apr 06, 1997

Victim Details

Delfina Lillelid

Female

White / Caucasian

Greeneville

TN

1997-04-06

28

Delfina

Lillelid

07/15/2026

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On a quiet Sunday evening in April 1997, the lives of the Lillelid family were irrevocably shattered in a senseless act of violence. Delfina Lillelid, a 28-year-old first-generation Honduran-American, her husband Vidar, 34, and their two children, six-year-old Tabitha and two-year-old Peter, were returning from a Jehovah's Witnesses convention. Their path tragically crossed with a group of six young people at a rest stop in Greene County, Tennessee. This chance encounter would end in a brutal ca ...
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    I was reading about the Lillelid case again today, and one aspect that really sticks with me is how ... ...Read More
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    Has anyone else noticed how bizarre it is that such a young group, all between the ages of 14 and 20... ...Read More
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