Amore Wiggins News Today

It has been almost a year since investigators identified Opelika Baby Jane Doe as Amore Wiggins after her remains were discovered in 2012, and Opelika police have reached their goal of raising $15,000 to honor her with a custom bronze statue.

After years of tireless searching for the identity of a young girl whose skeletal remains were discovered in an Opelika trailer park, ... After years of tireless searching for the identity of a young girl whose skeletal remains were discovered in an Opelika trailer park, ... | True Crime | Datzhott

About ten years after the skeletal remains of a young girl were found in Opelika, investigators identified her as Amore Wiggins. Lamar Vickerstaff Jr., her father, was charged with murder.

Mayor Gary Fuller recognized Ronnie Brundage Firefighter of the Year, Gabriella Santiesteban as Telecommunicator of the Year and Lt. Alfred White as Police Officer of the Year.

With gun violence on the rise nationally, Opelika’s Samford Community Outreach Group hosts the 8th annual Take a Stand Against Violence event on August 5 to spread awareness about the issue as well as other forms of violence. Women affected by violence including Sherry Wiggins, Nakia Grimmett and Shamekia Wimbley plan to share their stories.

A candlelight vigil and memorial was held Sunday afternoon in downtown Opelika for Amore Wiggins bringing out hundreds of community members.

Opelika’s Baby Jane Doe now identified as Amore Wiggins brought many together Sunday evening in her honor. A place where her life was short lived. The community paying their respects to Amore.

Opelika’s Baby Jane Doe, now identified as Amore Wiggins’ remains, were found in Brookhaven mobile home Park in 2012. As of last year, with the help of a forensic DNA company… Amore’s biological father, Lamar Vickerstaff Jr., was arrested and charged with felony murder, while her stepmom, Ruth Vickerstaff, is facing a failure to report a missing child charge.

In December 2022, a decade later, investigators identified the remains as Amore Wiggans and arrested Amore’s father and stepmother a month later in January 2023.

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