Opelika Jane Doe, also known as Baby Jane, who investigators long suspected was abused, neglected and likely the victim of homicide, has been identified as Amore Joveh Wiggins. If still alive, Amore would be 17 years old.
Her father Lamar Vickerstaff Jr., a career serviceman in the U.S. Navy, is now charged with felony murder. His wife Ruth Vickerstaff, who is not Amore’s mother, is charged with failure to report a missing child.
Othram specializes in forensic testing and works on the cutting edge of DNA and scientific techniques to“Amore suffered unspeakable abuse before she was murdered and it was heartbreaking to listen at the press conference as Sergeant White and Captain Clifton recounted the decade-long effort to uncover her identity and bring the responsible parties to justice,” said David Mittelman, Othram CEO. “I am grateful that we were able to provide our DNA technology to assist in this case.
A skull was located in the yard of a residence while the majority of the bones were located only a few feet into the wood line behind a trailer and the adjacent lot. An autopsy was performed and showed fractures to her skull, arms, legs, shoulders, and ribs; totaling more than 15 individual fractures that were attributed to blunt force trauma, authorities said.Additionally, the medical examiner suggested that Jane Doe may have been malnourished and blind in her left eye due to a fracture in her eye socket. Jane Doe’s death was determined to be a homicide and believed to have occurred between the summer of 2010 to 2011.
In 2016, investigators received a tip that Opelika Jane Doe may have attended Vacation Bible School at Greater Peace Church in 2011, three miles from where her remains were found. Finally, Othram uploaded the profile to a genealogical database to enable a search for genetic relatives. In December of 2022, Opelika detectives traveled to the Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, where Vickerstaff is currently stationed, to notify him of his daughter’s death.
In December of 2022, detectives met with Wiggins who confirmed she was the biological mother of Jane Doe.She provided documentation showing that Lamar and Ruth Vickerstaff obtained legal and physical custody of her daughter in 2009, at which time her visitation with Amore was suspended.
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