Opelika, AL police identified Amore Wiggins as the human remains found in the 'Baby Jane Doe' case and charged her father, Lamar Vickerstaff Jr.
Police in Opelika, Alabama, have arrested and charged the father of a young girl who investigators have affectionately known as "Baby Jane Doe" since her unidentified remains were found in 2012, authorities announced Thursday,Lamar Vickerstaff, Jr., 50, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in the death of his daughter, Amore Joveah Wiggins, who would have been about 6 years old when she died, the Opelika Police Department said in a news release.
Investigators have been trying to identify Amore's remains since they were found at a trailer park in January 2012, police said. A skull was found in the yard of a residence and most of the bones were found in woods nearby, the release said. Police also found a pink shirt and a small lock of curly hair.
An autopsy revealed the child had suffered more than 15 fractures to her skull, arms, legs, shoulders and ribs, all attributed to blunt force trauma, the release said. The injuries all showed signs of healing and police said they occurred sometime prior to her death. A medical examiner also concluded she may have been malnourished and blind in her left eye due to a fractured eye socket, according to police.
When investigators visited the Vickerstaffs' home in Jacksonville, Florida, to notify the father of her death, the father did not provide them with the child's name or information about her identity, police said. Ruth Vickerstaff, who has been married to Lamar since 2006, also told police she never knew the child and did not know who her mother could be, according to the release.
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