Nearly two years after reporting his daughter missing, a father in Florida has been charged with her murder.
On Friday, March 11, the Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) announced in a press release that Andrew Wiley, 36, has been arrested on “charges of second-degree murder” in connection with the death of his daughter, Lori Paige, 12.
The press release said the announcement came after a “comprehensive and exhaustive 22-month investigation” into the disappearance of Lori.
According to police, Wiley reported Lori missing on June 3, 2023. At the time, Wiley claimed his daughter had left home with her backpack sometime overnight while he was at work, police said.
Her remains were ultimately found in “a remote, brush-covered area of Thomas County, Georgia, known locally as a plantation” on April 5, after digital evidence led investigators to the area.
“Multiple searches” of the area in “early 2024” yielded no findings until it underwent a “prescribed burn that cleared heavy brush,” police said in their statement.
Wiley became the focus of the investigation in March 2024, after police identified “more inconsistencies” in his statements and “new information about his relationship with Lori” emerged.
This occurred a month after a forensic analysis of a phone seized from Wiley’s residence on Feb. 2, 2024, led authorities to uncover “questionable internet searches about remote areas with bodies of water in Alabama and Georgia among other things.”
The TPD said they began to see inconsistencies with Wiley’s story after pursuing “hundreds of leads across state lines” in the summer of 2023 and early 2024.
“I told you two years ago we would never give up. I told you two years ago we would find Lori and we would bring her home,” said TPD Chief Lawrence Revell during an afternoon press conference.
“I told you two years ago that we would find who did this and we would arrest them and bring them to justice. And today, I stand before you to tell you we have done just that,” Revell continued.
He added that the case had “deeply impacted our community for nearly two years.”
“Lori deserved a safe home and a full life. While today’s arrest will never bring her back, it does bring us one step closer to justice,” he said.
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