TWO teenagers are facing homicide charges after a woman was savagely raped and beaten to death by a gang of up to 11 boys.
Ee Lee, 36, was relaxing in a park when the teens dragged her under a tree, stripped and abused her in a sickening assault filmed on cell phones, prosecutors say.
Kamare Lewis, 17, and Kevin Spencer, 15, each face a charges of first-degree intentional homicide, as party to a crime, and first-degree sexual assault.
Ee was found half-naked and barely breathing by a pond at Washington Library Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 16 last year.
She died days later in hospital due to blunt force trauma to her head.
Investigators say footage from the area shows 11 youths leaving the park on foot and on bicycles, one being Lewis.
A boy who called 911 was actually an associate of Lewis and Spencer who had been seen walking with them, according to a criminal complaint.
Prosecutors say the witness later offered up a "detailed statement" alleging Lewis and Spencer beat the woman and forced her to perform sex acts.
The witness also claimed to have seen video footage on Lewis' phone, showing the pair hitting Ee as she lay on the ground.
Another onlooker described Lewis "hitting her with tree branches and punching her in the face" as Spencer also struck her, court papers allege.
The witness told cops: "Spencer told Kamare to put her in the water and Kamare was dragging her to the water."
He claimed footage recorded by Lewis was sent to him on Facebook Messenger before he deleted it from his phone.
Months later, the boy's mother told police there was further footage on her son's old iPhone.
His mom said the video showed "two boys beating a lady" with "a lot of other little kids standing around."
She said "you could tell who they were" and explained she originally told her son to delete the video because she believed he was not involved.
Another boy whose DNA was found on a bottle at the scene told investigators how Lewis and Spencer targeted the victim at random.
"They saw this lady on a blanket in the park... walked up to her to see if she had any money, and started harassing her," he told authorities.
He said they then began hitting and kicking her, before dragging her to an area near a tree to assault her further.
The boy told the others he "didn't want to be involved and started walking away," resulting in him being hit by a juice bottle thrown by one of the teenagers.
Prosecutors said Spencer confessed to this witness that he and Lewis beat and raped Lee.
Lewis "tried to downplay his role in the incident" and told investigators Spencer and others did most of the beating.
The charge documents allege he "incredibly" claimed the victim "volunteered to have sex with the defendant and others present," before others crowded around and began hitting her.
Lewis said his 15-year-old friend "was the most aggressive" and he continued to strike the victim "more brutally" as people gathered.
Prosecutors say Lewis admitted to beating, sexually assaulting, and leaving the woman for dead near a pond without attempting to get her help.
He indicated he thought she was already dead and said he "didn't really care about her because she's not someone he knows personally."
Both of the teens' DNA was found on the victim's body and her denim jacket, according to the criminal complaint.
Bail was set at $300,000 for Spencer and $275,000 for Lewis.
If convicted, they face up to 60 years in prison.
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Ee Lee's sister, Nancy, told of her anguish in January when a search warrant was issued.
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She told local news station WITI: "It hurts so bad, you know? It really hurts me.
"I just want justice for her. That’s all I want. She don't deserve to die that way."
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