Whitey Ford
01-20-2023, 01:17 AM
Navy veteran, wife arrested in Jacksonville after Alabama child's skeletal remains identified
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A couple was arrested in Jacksonville on Tuesday after the skeletal remains of a baby were found in Alabama, over 10 years ago.
On Jan. 28, 2012, police officers in Opelika, Alabama responded to a trailer park after receiving reports of skeletal remains. Investigators found a skull in the yard of the residence but the majority of bones were found near the woods. While they searched, officials found a pink children's shirt and a small bundle of curly hair.
When an autopsy was performed, it was found that the child had fractures to her skull, arms, legs, shoulders and ribs - In total she had over 15 individual fractures from blunt force trauma. All of the injuries occurred sometime before her death. It is also believed that Baby Jane Doe was malnourished and blind in her left eye, due to a fractured socket. Her death was determined a homicide that likely happened between the summer of 2010 and 2011, officials said.
Genealogists were able to identify a few possible matches for Baby Jane Doe's mother before detectives narrowed it down to one Maryland woman. In Dec. of 2022, officials had a meeting with 37-year-old Sherry Wiggins who confirmed she was the biological mother of the child. The Virginia resident told police she gave birth to a baby girl named Amore Joveah Wiggins in Jan. of 2006. However, the Vickerstaff's were given both physical and legal custody of her daughter in 2009, when her visitation rights were also taken away. Wiggins was able to show investigators documentation that proved she had been paying child support to Vickerstaff since 2009.
Lamar and Ruth Vickerstaff were both arrested in Jacksonville on Jan. 17. Lamar Vickerstaff faces charges for felony murder while Ruth Vickerstaff faces charges for failure to report a missing child.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/navy-vet-arrested-in-jacksonville-after-alabama-childs-skeletal-remains-were-identified/77-dcea6e90-09ce-49c6-b5a2-dde367edd782
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A couple was arrested in Jacksonville on Tuesday after the skeletal remains of a baby were found in Alabama, over 10 years ago.
On Jan. 28, 2012, police officers in Opelika, Alabama responded to a trailer park after receiving reports of skeletal remains. Investigators found a skull in the yard of the residence but the majority of bones were found near the woods. While they searched, officials found a pink children's shirt and a small bundle of curly hair.
When an autopsy was performed, it was found that the child had fractures to her skull, arms, legs, shoulders and ribs - In total she had over 15 individual fractures from blunt force trauma. All of the injuries occurred sometime before her death. It is also believed that Baby Jane Doe was malnourished and blind in her left eye, due to a fractured socket. Her death was determined a homicide that likely happened between the summer of 2010 and 2011, officials said.
Genealogists were able to identify a few possible matches for Baby Jane Doe's mother before detectives narrowed it down to one Maryland woman. In Dec. of 2022, officials had a meeting with 37-year-old Sherry Wiggins who confirmed she was the biological mother of the child. The Virginia resident told police she gave birth to a baby girl named Amore Joveah Wiggins in Jan. of 2006. However, the Vickerstaff's were given both physical and legal custody of her daughter in 2009, when her visitation rights were also taken away. Wiggins was able to show investigators documentation that proved she had been paying child support to Vickerstaff since 2009.
Lamar and Ruth Vickerstaff were both arrested in Jacksonville on Jan. 17. Lamar Vickerstaff faces charges for felony murder while Ruth Vickerstaff faces charges for failure to report a missing child.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/navy-vet-arrested-in-jacksonville-after-alabama-childs-skeletal-remains-were-identified/77-dcea6e90-09ce-49c6-b5a2-dde367edd782