Liesel Casto, a 12-year-old seventh grader from rural Traer, Iowa, died in a hunting accident on the morning of December 27, 2014. Authorities responded about 7:40 a.m. after a report of a hunting incident and determined Liesel was fatally struck by a bullet from a muzzleloader rifle. Reports say her teenage brother stumbled while carrying the muzzleloader, causing it to discharge; the shot passed through the open doors of their truck and struck Liesel.

Liesel was active in her community: a student at GMG in Garwin, a member of the Tama County Young Guns 4-H Club, a horse show participant who won the Junior Showmanship Award in 2014, a flute player in the school band, and a competitor in a state archery shoot. Her death was reported as the first hunting fatality in Iowa’s 2014 season and was described locally as a tragic, freak accident. No criminal charges were filed.

If anyone knew Liesel or was in the Traer area on December 27, 2014, can you share any information about that morning?