EP. 240 - FLORIDA: ABUSED AND KILLED BY HER OWN FATHER: THE SYSTEM FAILED 12-YEAR-OLD LORI PAIGE

April 3, 2026

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In April 2025, a cadaver dog alerted investigators to small bones beneath blackened earth in a remote Georgia field, cleared by a prescribed burn. The remains belonged to 12-year-old Lori Annalise Page, missing from Tallahassee, Florida, for nearly two years. Her story traces a path through family instability, child welfare failures, and abuse that ended in murder by her father, Andrew Wiley.

Lori's Fractured Early Years

Lori was born in 2011 to 16-year-old Miranda Page, who had been raped by 23-year-old Andrew Wiley. Miranda endured childhood sexual abuse from her mother, Brooklyn Page, including forced self-examinations presented as normal and exposure to sexual acts with strangers. Brooklyn repeated similar behavior with Lori at age four and again around nine when Lori's period began.

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1 (00:00) **Episode Sponsor Ads** - Pre-show promotions for Backrooms trailer, Quince clothing, BetterHelp therapy
2 (05:00) **Hook: Bones Discovered** - Cadaver dog alerts on child's remains in burned Georgia woods after nearly two years
3 (05:50) **Miranda's Abusive Childhood** - Miranda Page recounts sexual abuse by mother Brooklyn and others from age 4
4 (08:28) **Lori's Conception and Birth** - 16-year-old Miranda raped by 23-year-old Andrew Wiley, births Lori in 2011
5 (10:36) **Early Instability and CPS Involvement** - Lori removed from Miranda at 8-9 months, returned after evaluation; shuttled between homes
6 (12:47) **Foster Care and Allegations** - Lori enters foster care at 3; great-grandfather accused of abuse at 4, inconclusive
7 (16:05) **Andrew's Background and Failed Marriage** - Andrew from abusive home, army marriage to Jeannie turns violent with drinking/drugs

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Show Notes

There were signs that things were not right at home for 12-year-old Lori Paige. Not just tiny ones: blazing red flags that followed her all her life. She came to school without shoes. She was hit with a belt in front of her classmates. She cried to friends and teachers, saying she couldn’t take the abuse any longer. And then… she vanished. What followed was an investigation that came far too late—one that revealed sexual abuse, violence, and cruelty at the hands of the person who was supposed to care for her most: her father.

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