Lori Paige, 12: Reward Offered In Florida Girl's Missing Persons Case
The FBI is offering a $15K reward for information about Lori Page who vanished from Florida in the summer of 2023.
*UPDATE* Lori Paige’s remains were located in 2025 at the Merrily Plantation in Thomas County on April 5. Later, Lori’s father, Andrew Wiley, was arrested. Authorities speculated that the 36-year-old killed his daughter because he was sexually assaulting her. State Attorney Jack Campbell also suggested that Wiley may have also impregnated his daughter.
In 2025, while incarcerated, Wiley died of a pulmonary embolism.
Original Story:
For eight months, a 12-year-old girl has been missing from Tallahassee, Florida, and now, the FBI has made an announcement.
The last time anyone saw Lori Paige, a Griffin Middle School student, was on June 23, 2023. Lori was said to have been around the 1200 block of Continental Ct.
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“The FBI will stop at nothing to protect kids, and we are fully committed to helping our partners at Tallahassee Police Department exhaust every investigative resource in the search for Lori Paige,” FBI Jacksonville Acting Special Agent in Charge Mark Dargis told WTXL. “We encourage everyone to keep an eye out for this young lady, and help us bring her home.”
Further, recently, police have intensified their search for Lori by joining with the Tallahassee Fire Department in an examination of San Luis Mission Park. It’s reportedly located in the northern part of the city and not far from where Lori was last seen. Authorities have looked at the park in the past, but they’re approaching it from a different angle this time.
“A grid search is just an opportunity to go inch by inch over an area, especially a very large area, making sure that we’re able to comb through a lot of the different elements that we have out here,” Hill told reporters as she spoke from the site of the search.
Reports also state that Lori has ties to Tampa, Florida; Thomasville, Georgia; and Nashville, Tennessee.
Lori Paige: What To Know
At the time of her disappearance, Lori Paige stood 5 feet tall and weighed 120 pounds. She has black/dark brown hair (styled in shoulder-length locs) and brown eyes. What she was last seen wearing is known. However, it was stated that she may have had her multicolored backpack with her.
Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact the FBI’s Jacksonville Field Office at (904) 248-7000, or the Tallahassee Police Department at (850) 891-4200, or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. The FBI is offering a $15,000 reward in this case.
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