Found Deceased FL - Lori Paige, 12, Mission San Luis, 3 June 2023 *father arrested *

JUN 2, 2024
Throughout the past 12 months, the Tallahassee Police Department has repeatedly said this case is a priority.

TPD Chief Lawrence Revell is expected to speak with the media about the case on Monday. In previous interviews, detectives and a TPD spokesperson have elaborated on some of the aspects that have made Paige’s case unique.

According to TPD, Paige did not have a known digital footprint to track at the time of her disappearance. However, a spokesperson shared in February “even with a minimal digital footprint, we still have to comb through evidence online.”
 

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Missing Since 06/02/2023
Missing From Tallahassee, Florida
Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race Black
Date of Birth 04/14/2011 (13)
Age 12 years old
Height and Weight 4'10, 120 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description Carrying a multi-colored rainbow backpack.
Distinguishing Characteristics African-American female. Black hair, brown eyes.
Details of Disappearance Lori was last seen in 1200 block of Continental Court in Tallahassee, Florida on June 2, 2023. She had a history of running away from home, but would always return after a short time period. After her June 2023 disappearance, she was never seen again.

Lori has relatives in Thomasville, Georgia; in Nashville, Tennessee; and in Tampa, Florida. She was a student at Griffin Middle School at the time of her disappearance. Few details are available in her case.

Last updated June 5, 2024; casefile added.
 
I get so angry and upset when LE doesn't take a 12 YEAR OLD runaway seriously!!!! How is she supposed to take care of herself? Buy food? Live? Yet here it is, over a year has gone by, and nothing but crickets. What is the problem? And why did she repeatedly run away from home, yet was considered "a good and attentive student"?
 
Not sure if this link will work, but the East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers page posted in mid July about Lori and put an update as of 8/5 with possible sightings of her in that area. It says they believe she may be in the Knoxville area and to call the FBI or them. They also have a picture of her that we had not seen locally but was apparently a picture Tallahassee police had from a visit to their home.
East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers post
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Summary:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Jacksonville Field Office and the Tallahassee Police Department in Florida are seeking information from the public regarding the disappearance of Lori Paige. Lori has been missing since June 3, 2023, from the 1200 block of Continental Court in Tallahassee, Florida.
 
Rest in peace sweet girl...


Lori Paige was found dead over the weekend, and her father has been arrested in connection to her death, according to Tallahassee Police.

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New information eventually emerged about Wiley’s relationship with Paige, which police said caused detectives to shift their focus more heavily toward him.

Around that same time, detectives started searching a “remote, brush-covered area of Thomas County, Georgia, known locally as a plantation,” according to TPD’s press release. Despite conducting multiple searches, no results were found.

However, on April 5, police said detectives returned to the plantation for another search after a prescribed burn cleared heavy brush in the area. That’s when Paige’s remains were located.
 
As I suspected, murdered by her family member, her own father. No wonder she kept running away. She was trying hard to survive but couldn't overcome her perpetrator.

Good job Kairos! I hope he got lots of treats!


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Investigators switched their focus to Wiley and began searching a remote, brush-covered area of Thomas County, Georgia, known locally as a plantation. Several searches yielded no results until a search April 5, after a prescribed burn cleared some of the underbrush, allowed a dog from the North Florida Search Team, Kairos, to locate her remains.

 
Not sure if this link will work, but the East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers page posted in mid July about Lori and put an update as of 8/5 with possible sightings of her in that area. It says they believe she may be in the Knoxville area and to call the FBI or them. They also have a picture of her that we had not seen locally but was apparently a picture Tallahassee police had from a visit to their home.
East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers post
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Her face looks heartbroken to me... she looks wise beyond her years... This poor baby.
 

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