Police Identify Remains of Missing Girl, Arrest Father
OPELIKA, Ala.—Since 2012, the remains of the small child found behind a mobile home in Alabama were known only as “Baby Jane Doe.” On Thursday, police in Opelika announced that they have identified the girl as Amore Joveah Wiggins and arrested her father as a suspect in her death.
Opelika Police Chief Shane Healey said they used DNA extracted from the remains and genetic genealogy to find the girl’s family. The deceased girl was born in January 2006.
Police identified the girl’s father as Lamar Vickerstaff Jr., 50, and arrested him in Jacksonville, Florida, charging him with felony murder. Vickerstaff and his wife, Ruth Vickerstaff, who is not the girl’s mother, were both charged with failure to report a missing child….