On 28 July 2022 at around 6:20 p.m. local time, Lilia Valutyte, a nine-year-old girl, was stabbed in Boston, Lincolnshire, England outside an embroidery shop.

[4] She studied at Boston Pioneers Academy and was a pupil at Carlton Road Primary School prior to her death.

[13] On 28 July 2022 at around 6:20 p.m. local time,[2] nine-year-old Lilia Valutyte was playing with hula hoops outside an embroidery shop on Fountain Lane, Boston with her younger sister before she was stabbed.

[21] Another hearing took place at the same court on 9 December 2022, and again, Skebas did not enter a plea and the case was adjourned to allow additional medical assessments to be carried out.

The trial would be to determine whether Skebas committed the act of stabbing Valutyte, though the outcome would not result in a criminal conviction.

"[25] Prosecution barrister Christopher Donnellan KC, opened the case by alleging that whilst Valutyte and her younger sister were playing with hula hoops and a toy pram outside the shop where their mother worked, Skebas had approached and increased his pace as he got closer to them.

[27] An off-duty police officer as well as doctors and paramedics attempted to save Valutyte, but she was confirmed dead at 7:11 p.m., less than an hour after the killing.

[26] The off-duty police officer, who gave evidence at the trial, said that he noticed a male pacing close to the junction at Fountain Lane and Wormgate.

"[26] He then claimed that he immediately walked back towards Fountain Lane after hearing the scream and recalled seeing two people there: a girl on the ground, and an adult female.

[12] There was also a grey Calvin Klein T-shirt with blood stains matching Valutyte's DNA found at the property.

"[28] CCTV footage of Skebas's route from the street where he was living to Fountain Lane at 5:08 p.m. on the day of the killing was also captured.

"[26] He claimed that he had "acknowledged" the death of a child at the hands of a stranger was a "nightmare" but also told jurors that he believed the answers Skebas gave in interview "are bizarre in the extreme.

"[12] Following the two-day trial, on 11 July 2023, the jury found Skebas to have been responsible for the act of stabbing Valutyte.

It was later revealed that Valutyte's mother had donated these teddy bears to families in Lithuania and to Ukrainian refugees.

The memorial would be a child-sized metal sculpture of a girl playing with hula hoops, as this was what Valutyte was doing in her final moments.

[31] Valutyte is also remembered by a mosaic bearing her name and an image of an angel on public display in Dolphin Lane.

Savickiene had attended a meeting relating to public safety in the town and had encouraged the community to "come together" following the death of her daughter.