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Police Department.
"Hey, are you Mr. Wy?"
"Hey."
"I'm so sorry."
This is the moment officers arrive at the home of Andrew Wy after he reported his 12-year-old daughter, Lorie Paige, missing.
"So, do you remember what she was last wearing?"
"I left for work yesterday. I don't know. I got off work."
Just hours earlier, Lorie had suddenly disappeared, and police were called to investigate what was initially believed to be a possible runaway situation.
"No, what happened? It's... It's been so weird around here. Oh my god, it's a predator. It's his neighborhood. Rory is really good at spinning lies. I've never seen anything like it before."
"Kind of weirded me out. I was like, 'This kid really, really wants to talk to adults.'"
However, officers quickly realized there are no clear signs of where she went. No confirmed sightings and nothing that actually explains how she left. And over the next 2 years, that story would slowly begin to fall apart, even though the person they were looking for had been right in front of them the entire time.
"Do you know where Lori is now?"
"No, I do not."
"Okay."
"No, I do not."
"Was it a mistake? Was it an accident?"
"Keep it up, man. This... This is your life, not mine."
It's the beginning of June in Tallahassee. In a quiet apartment complex along Continental Court, families go about their routines, unaware that something deeply disturbing has already taken place inside one of the units. Inside that home lives 12-year-old Lorie Paige with her father, Andrew Wy. To neighbors, nothing appears out of the ordinary. There are no signs of struggle, no calls for help, no immediate reason to suspect that anything is wrong.
But just days later, in early June 2023, everything changed. And a call is placed to the police, where Andrew Wy reports his daughter Lorie missing.
"911 dispatcher, what's your emergency?"
"Yeah. Hi. Um, my daughter is missing. I can't find her anywhere."
"Okay, sir. Calm down. I'm here to help. What's your name?"
"Andrew. Andrew Wy."
"All right, Andrew. What's your daughter's name?"
"Lori. My Wy."
"How old is Lori?"
"She's 12. She just turned 12."
Within minutes, an officer is dispatched to the home. At first, it seems like a situation they've handled countless times before: a child who may have left during the night. But as the officer pulls up to the apartment, what begins as a routine missing person's call is about to take a very different turn.
Police Department.
"Hey, you Mr. Wy?"
"Yes, sir."
"Hey, I'm so sorry."
"Okay. So, do you remember what she was last morning?"
"I left for work yesterday. So, like I work at night."
"So, you work at night? Okay."
"So, who was she hanging out with whenever she ran off?"
"I don't know. I got off work and she not here."
"Who was supposed to drop her off here?"
"So, you went to work last night..."
"...and she was here?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. And then when you came home..."
"...she was gone."
"Yeah."
"Okay. Does she suffer from any like disabilities or anything like that, man?"
"I don't know. I'm just raising a child right now at this point."
"I hear you. Um, do you know of anywhere she might go?"
"So, I know you don't know about her friends, but first time when we got her, she went to an abandoned apartment."
"Yeah, I was there for that one."
"I never realized. So, I don't know."
"And then, are you okay? Just for policy wise, if I look in the house, make sure she's not hiding under anywhere."
"I know. It's really weird."
That same day, officers began going door-to-door, trying to determine if any neighbors saw or heard anything unusual. At first, nothing about the situation seemed especially alarming. For those involved, this kind of behavior isn't entirely new. Lorie had previously been reported missing before, only to return within 24 hours, causing similar concern. Because of that, the case initially appears routine: another possible runaway, another situation that may resolve itself quickly.
But what officers don't yet realize is that they're already at the center of something far more sinister. With that, the search for Lori begins, starting with officers asking neighbors if they had seen or heard anything.
"Police department."
"Hey, sir. How's it going? My name's Officer."
"Hey. Um, one of your neighbors daughters actually ran away and I see that you have a camera."
"Okay. Do you know if your camera reaches like pretty far out into the the neighborhood or is it like kind of stops right there?"
"I can see there to there."
"Um, is there a way that you can look at the camera footage cuz it's um this gentleman here and see if..."
"...uh and see if like a a 12-year-old girl left it. It'd be anywhere from like 11:00 p.m. to like 10:00 a.m. I know it's a really long time, but..."
"...if it come..."
"...that'd be awesome. What am I looking for?"
"Like a little girl like 5 foot tall."
"Yeah, I know. I've seen her."
"Okay. Um..."
"Yeah."
"Do you know if you've seen her like in the last like day or so? Like this morning walking around or anything?"
"No, I haven't been outside or seen anybody today. Right. History. You said it would have been around 11:00 last night."
"11:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. It's a really long range. I know. But let's see."
"Wow. You have a really good angle."
"Yeah. I mean, that's that's 8:00 yesterday."
"Okay."
"So, she did not catch her leaving."
"Thanks for Thanks for trying. I appreciate it."
As the hours turn into days, officers continue going from neighbor to neighbor, speaking with anyone who might have seen or heard something, but nothing comes up. No sightings, no leads, no sign of Lorie. With each passing day, concern begins to grow. What once seemed routine is starting to feel different. Investigators begin widening their search, reaching out to people across the local area, hoping someone somewhere knows something.
And eventually, they come across one person who will shift the direction of the entire investigation, forcing officers to start looking at this case from a completely different angle.
"Hi."
"Hey."
"Hey. How you doing?"
"You ever seen this guy around here?"
"No."
"Oh."
"Oh, sorry."
"No, we're just looking for missing girl. But..."
"You ever seen her around?"
"No. What happened? I'm working."
"Oh, I can't I can't No. What happened? It's It's been so weird around here. Something happened to my car. Something happened to my phone. It's so weird around here. I swear to God. Is this a person that lives over here?"
"It's just a girl from around here that's missing."
"Have you ever seen her around here?"
"No. Oh my god. It's a child predator. They say it's the neighborhood."
"Y'all seen y'all know?"
"What do you know about them?"
"Oh, I just looked it up cuz I moved over here. I have I have kids."
"Yeah, I have kids. Oh my god."
"I'll do the same thing. It's crazy. It drives me nuts. I want it."
"Oh my god."
"How many How many there are living nearby and next year?"
"Oh my god. It's one It's one on the other side over."
"Yeah."
"I'm working, guys. I'm sorry. I get that word."
"All right. We're just saying if you had..."
"No, I haven't seen it."
"Thank you."
"Yeah, you can keep a bright one."
With officers now receiving information that there were registered sex offenders living in the local area, their attention begins to shift. If Lorie had encountered anyone, these individuals would be among the first places to check. At this point, investigators aren't necessarily expecting to find anything significant. But with leads beginning to run thin and nearly 2 days having passed since Lorie was last seen, they can't afford to overlook any possibility.
So, following up on that information, deputies begin locating the registered offenders nearby and expanding their search beyond the immediate residents. And with that, officers begin canvassing the surrounding properties.
"Hey, are you Mr. Glasco?"
"I am."
"Um, so I'm Detective Bali, Detective Taylor with the Tallahassee Police Department. Um, so we're actually working a missing person case."
"Okay. Um, I don't know if you can kind of help us out. So, we're trying to canvas the area to try to find her. Um, I have a few questions if you don't mind me asking."
"Sure. Okay. You have a minute?"
"I I do."
"Okay, cool. Um, how long have you lived at this house?"
"Uh, I think August 2022."
"August. Okay."
"I'm And I'm on probation, just so you know. I don't know if you're aware of that, but..."
"Okay. Thank you for telling us."
"Yeah."
"Would you rather us come inside?"
"It's up to you."
"Okay. If you're okay with that. Yeah. I mean, I don't know if you're We talked to a few other neighbors."
"My eyes are trying to adjust."
"So, a missing person in the neighborhood."
"So, she I'll show you her flyer. So, she was in this area. Not specifically this neighborhood, but she's in this area. So, we're knocking on several doors. We talked with multiple neighbors. Um, you said nobody else lives at home with you. Um, do you have any um step kid? Are you dating anybody where any children would be coming here?"
"No, I'm I have I do have children."
"Nieces, nephews?"
"No. Nobody Nobody comes to my house."
"Okay. You have children?"
"I do have children."
"How old are your kids?"
"Um 7 and 12."
"And 12?"
"Yeah."
"Girl, boy?"
"7-year-old boy, 12-year-old girl."
"Do you have like a shed or anything in the back?"
"Uh there's a Well, yeah, there is actually. Come tell me to Do you want to go back there?"
"Yeah. When he comes down, if you don't mind, like I said, I mean..."
"...you do not have to..."
"...you know,..."
"...let us do this at all. I just want you to understand that."
"No, I I Yeah, you know, I don't want to be any kind of hindrance. There's a back here."
"This would be..."
"He's going to grab his flashlight. Yeah. Thank you so much for letting us. Yeah. So, he's going to grab his light."
"Thank you. 531 clear. You own it."
"I own it."
"It's a nice place."
"I can close that out. Oh, it's that like lounge. Actually, there is a like uh closet."
"The utility closet."
"Yeah."
"Yeah."
"And then this door just goes back into the house."
"Okay. Sure."
"I mean, how much could you actually like is it savable or no?"
As officers continue checking each location, nothing is uncovered. Those they speak to, including the individuals they were most concerned about, come back clean. For them, it's a relief. But for investigators, it means something else entirely. They're back to where they started, with no leads.
Now, with 2 days having already passed since Lorie was last seen, the urgency begins to grow. Officers regroup, knowing they need to reassess everything and figure out where Lorie could have gone. There are at least two prior cases. In one, she had been found at a set of abandoned apartments. In another, she had stayed with a family friend. Each incident begins to paint a picture, one that might explain her behavior and possibly where she could be now.
But before investigators can follow that path, they need to understand the people around Lorie. At the time, Lorie had been living with her father, Andrew Wy, while also maintaining contact with her mother, who lived separately. The two were no longer together and were living in completely different places. She had previously been reported missing while under both parents' care, incidents that ultimately ended with her being found safe. Because of that, investigators still believe there's a strong possibility this is another runaway situation, that Lorie may be with someone somewhere and will turn up again.
But what they don't yet realize is that it would become one of the most elaborate and twisted homicide coverups they've ever handled. And with that, officers revisit a familiar lead: the woman Lorie had been found with before.
"Hi."
"How are you?"
"I'm doing all right. How about yourself?"
"Hanging in there."
"Good. I had such a lovely day. So, um I'm Detective Drake. I'm over Lor's case. Um, so I am just trying to double check a lot of locations. You know, she has been missing for a couple weeks now."
"Um, so one of the locations was your house because I know she stayed here before."
"Um, so is she here?"
"No, she's not."
"Has she been here at all?"
"Yeah. I mean, she's been here, but this is before, right? Not the past like two and a half nights. Gotcha."
"And just like I told the last couple of officers, last three officers at her back. I know. I believe that she knows that if she shows up here, I believe in accountability. I've already told the last three officers if she shows up here, I'm gonna bring her guys her to you guys, right? And then you guys can take her back to her dad because I know that there is some type of process that needs to happen because there was a case and I was under the impression that she had been found because when she came down here um when you brought her here they had put her on two medications."
"Okay. What kind of medications?"
"For anxiety and I don't remember what the other one was for."
"But no life-threatening illnesses. It was more like..."
"...like insulin or or medications are just like and Lori is really good at spinning lies."
"Like I've never seen anything like it before."
"Mhm."
"Um I tell this story all the time to my family when she was 2 years old when kids are supposed to have an attention span of a nat."
"Uhhuh."
"She would try to gaslight you because Lori has the ability to hold on to vengeance. I guess is the best way to put it. She has a tendency to hold on to that kind of stuff, but she also still has the mind of a child, right?"
"Well, she went to Bay Hill. She played all day long, you know, had a good time, and then at the end of the day when it was time for her to be picked up, she remembered, 'Oh gosh, I'm going to have to be in the room by myself.'"
"Mhm."
"And she's pulling this line on my dad, which caused him to be arrested."
"And because she can hold on to a thing for a while, and it was bringing her greater and greater attention. Mhm."
"It kind of taught her that this is all I need to do to get the attention that I need."
While officers still have no success in locating Lorie, they do begin to gain a clearer understanding of her behavior. Speaking with the friend's mother, investigators learn a few important details. Lorie had been on medication for anxiety, and according to those who knew her, she had a tendency to tell stories that weren't always accurate. She was also described as someone who often sought attention. Taken together, this begins to paint a picture for investigators. At this stage, it reinforces their belief that Lorie may have left on her own, possibly to prove a point or to get a reaction.
But as time continues to pass, that explanation starts to feel less and less likely. 2 months have now passed. What once seemed like a possible attempt to seek attention is no longer being treated that way. As the weeks go by, officers are still left with no leads, no sightings, no evidence, and no clear understanding of what happened to Lorie.
With the investigation beginning to stall, they decide to widen their approach. Investigators start speaking to anyone who knew Lorie, hoping someone might hold a missing piece of the puzzle. This leads them to her school, where they begin questioning teachers and staff, searching for any detail that could point them in the right direction. But even then, many still believe Lorie could be with someone somewhere and that she may still turn up.
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"Okay, so um I'm the lead bus here on the Warrior page um case. So, I was looking at her Reddit username and went ahead and searched Lori Page and I saw a post that you made on um a subreddit."
"Oh, yeah. Kie Russell. I was like, everyone's talking about Kie Russell, but no one's looking for Lorie Paige. Here she is. Here's a news article."
"I saw your post and one of the one of your sub comments, you mentioned that she was you heard a rumor that she was being groomed by a 20-year-old man."
"Yeah."
"I have never heard this rumor. No one brought this to my attention. So, where did you hear it? What is it? What's going on?"
"I can't remember. No, I think it might have been Miss Summers, who if you've been reading online, you've probably seen Margaret Summers."
"I've talked to her multiple times. That's why I'm..."
"She didn't tell you that."
"No. Did she say who the 20-year-old man was or where she was being groomed?"
"Where where did that information come from is kind of what we're curious about. This is a while ago, so I have to think. She um I thought she said it or that like e that she said Lor's mom or someone was concerned that she was being groomed by an older man. I think if a student told me I would have known that."
"I really felt like Miss Summers told me."
When officers confront her, she appears unsure of what to say, unable to give any clear answers or point investigators in a specific direction. With little to go on, detectives decide to broaden their approach even further, choosing to speak with anyone who might have information on the rumor.
"I'm with Smarties."
"Okay, this is so embarrassing. Okay, remember like months ago that Carly Russell fake kidnapping thing was happening."
"So, I posted on Reddit. I was like, 'Okay, so this is real fake. Why are we still talking about her? How about this one? Here's a real missing girl.' I post on..."
"...about Lorie."
"Yeah, about Lorie. And then in one of the comments, I told someone that I heard rumors that she was with like a 20-year-old man that was possibly grooming her. So, please know where I heard it. I don't remember. I thought I heard it from you."
"No, no, no. I never..."
"It might have been one of the kids. I just don't remember who. Donaldson,"
"I do remember that there were some kids."
"Are you Mr. Drake?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Nice to meet you in person."
"Yeah. Um, I think some of the kids were saying even before she left that she was doing things she shouldn't be doing. But you could ask Steven Woods. He's one of our behavioral specialist."
"He's the one that told me."
"And he he said I remember him telling me he heard that Lorie uh would was running around in short spandex and a tank top and she knew what she was doing."
"What? So I was like, 'Yes, that might have been where I heard it.'"
"No, so I interacted with this kid every day. No, that would be weird. We don't think so."
"No, absolutely."
"No, but he he was pretty assistant. There was a side of Lori that we didn't know."
"The first couple of days is that that kind of weirded me out. I was like, 'This kid really really wants to talk to adults.'"
"Like she mostly wanted to talk to me."
"That's her connection. She did really want to talk to the kids now. Like she kind of was friends with the kids, but she really wanted to talk to adults most of the time."
While it initially seems like the information from teachers is unreliable, more speculation than fact, none of it leads investigators any closer to Lorie. The case appears to be going nowhere.
But just a few days later, everything changes. A new witness comes forward, claiming they had seen Lorie weeks earlier, describing her getting out of one car and into another. For the first time in days, investigators have something tangible to work with. And this new detail begins to shift the direction of the investigation entirely.
"So Jason, basically all I all I got was a call for service. She says that you were you were checking in and that you basically saw the flyer for the Mission Juvenile that you might have some information. Okay. What can you tell me?"
"Um, so I was at the skate park and..."
"...just right over here."
"Yeah. Down there and I see two cars pull up. The first car was a white sedan and it had like like a brownish like paint job but it was like do over like time like it was like faded fading. It was a white sedan 2013 model as more I I like cars so I know cars by heart and then um it parks there facing towards the skate park. I didn't really see anybody since the windows were tinted and then another tinted vehicle comes by. It was a red S Honda SUV 2016 model with the uh straight lights going up."
"Mhm."
"Like you know the ones that normally drive around here, the gray ones, but it was a red one. It pulls up. I see her get out of the white car from the back seat, go back, get her stuff, and then go into the SUV, and then the SUV just drove off."
"As far as her stuff, you mean like a bag or something or..."
"Like a duffel bag?"
"Like a duffel bag?"
"Okay. And where when you said she went and got her stuff, where did she get her stuff from?"
"The back of the white vehicle."
"Like in the back seat or the trunk?"
"The trunk."
"So she gets out of the back seat. Remember what side she was on? Driver's side. Passenger side."
"Passenger side. So, she gets out the passenger side and she goes around and I guess the trunk had been activated so she can open it and she opens it and grabs her duffel bag and then she just goes over and gets into the the red Honda."
"Yeah."
"And then what does she get? In the front seat or the back seat?"
"Passenger."
"Front seat. Passenger."
"Yeah."
"Okay. And gets in there with her stuff and then the the red thing or the red SUV just drives away."
"Do you have any kind of other contact like email address or anything?"
"Um yeah."
"Okay."
"Uh sexy furry. Sexy furry IRL.com."
"Sexy furry. How How's the sexy furry spelled?"
"It's been in my email since middle school, so I haven't really changed it."
"You're fine, brother. I trust me, I got emails that I've kept forever in a day, too. So, I'm just trying to make sure I got it spelled correctly. That's all."
Yet, with this new information, officers follow up on the lead, checking the local skate park and surrounding areas for any signs of vehicles or activity that match the witness statement. But unfortunately, nothing is found. The tip is ultimately proven to be false, and once again, investigators are left with no real progress.
With the case still going nowhere, officers return to the one person closest to Lorie, her father. They re-engage with him, hoping to gather more information, clarify details, and understand what their next steps should be. But this time, the conversation doesn't go the way they expect, because Andrew has them exactly where he wants them.
"Have you talked to your brother in the last week or so?"
"So, yeah. So, you know, I went I I went to his house the other day and gave him some flyers to put on the on the trucks and stuff um and told his guys to look out. So, okay, this I finally got nodded right as I stopped looking. So, that's what um special agents work and I are going to go around hanging up um anywhere and everywhere we can in Tallahassee, gas stations, um housing projects, anything, schools, everywhere we'll have that. The more places we can have her face seen, the better chances we have."
"Miranda told us she weaned Lori off of those medications before she even brought her down here."
"So, what kind of meds?"
"Um, something related to uh well, it it's used for two things, blood pressure and anxiety."
"What was it?"
"Um, gluc glucen. I can't promise that I'm spelling that word right, but we have already done um records to get those records."
"Yeah. I mean, either the grandma, um, legal process to get the records."
"And just trust me, like we a team. We got to work together. Obviously, she she had to be left home alone sometimes cuz I had to go to work."
"But yeah, she But the only time I ever saw her like um down was when she talked to her mama."
"Okay."
"Like she she'll still be quiet."
"Mhm."
"But when it, you know, whenever she talked to her mama um like her mama called the school one time and I didn't know and um she came home and then she was like, 'You know, I feel like myself.' I was like, 'Where did that come from?'"
"Yeah. The phone call and uh I uh I asked what happened and um she said she talked to her mom and I was just trying to kind of calm her down. That's the one where Miranda called the school and talked to her in her classroom. Like..."
"I think I don't know what happened. I know she said she called."
"Okay."
As the interview continues, detectives begin to change their approach. Up until this point, Andrew had been treated as a concerned father, someone helping in the search. But now, investigators start to consider a different possibility, one they hadn't seriously explored before. Instead of asking what happened to Lorie, they begin asking Andrew if he had anything to do with her disappearance.
"All right, I have to ask these questions. I would I've asked everybody these questions. Do you know where Lori is now?"
"No, I do not."
"Okay."
"No, I do not. And if I did, child..."
"I know."
"All right, that's out of the way. So, I want to ask you some other stuff, too. Okay? Again, we look into everybody. We look into everything. All right? This job will make you cynical and we have to go over every single thing for two reasons. One, we've got to make sure because what's going to happen is if we get asked, you know, why didn't you ask that question? You never you never asked the question. Well, you know, we didn't and we'll never know, you know. And the and the reason we're asking is there something happening at home that would have caused you to think that you couldn't go to work for whatever reason?"
"No."
"Okay. Um, did the day that day leading up to uh Lori going missing, so you went to work that night, came home, she was missing that day? The whole day before. Did you leave town at all?"
"I don't know."
"Was there any reason you would go to Jacksonville?"
"Jacksonville?"
"Mhm."
"Not that I can recall."
"Okay. Um cuz it looks like you went just before you went to work. So, you went to Jacksonville and during that day and then came back then went to work. Um, do you know if you got home later than usual or earlier than usual?"
"It depends on the time."
"Mhm."
"Cuz sometimes if I do overtime, I get off a little late instead of like at 4, it'll be like around like 11 12."
"Like she would play on her mom's phone and then Laura would play on your mom's phone so that they could play Roblox together."
"No."
"No."
"Whose phone she would have played on? Cuz she didn't have a phone based on that time frame."
"She didn't play Roblox on the phone. And if she did play it on the phone, it wasn't her phone. It was it it had to be uh I don't even think it was her account. It it had to be uh my girl sister, but she never played Roblox on my phone."
"Okay."
"Um we know she started certain like internet accounts. I think she started a Twitter, she started Instagram and all this stuff, but at some points you had taken her phone away and we didn't know if before she even got a phone, did she start a different account or maybe we can get that information from your old phone cuz since you had this new one, it was after Lori."
"Yeah."
"Left, right?"
"Yeah. And that's why that we, you know, your new one doesn't do as much good the old one might cuz..."
"So just because you don't have her Instagram account active on your phone doesn't mean that it won't be in the history."
"But she didn't use my phone for Instagram. You feel me? Like that's what I'm saying. Like she didn't use my phone. She had a phone or she didn't have a phone. She didn't use my phone."
"Well, so that's kind of the problem we're running into is we do know that she had other accounts, but I can't find them on your her phone. So, I know somehow she's access computer, but but here's what she she didn't she didn't get on my phone to play. Like, she had a computer. She literally had a computer."
"If she had a computer, TV, she was straight."
"It wasn't like, oh, I just got that phone, too, when I uh..."
"Okay. When I uh got her phone."
"That phone was new, too."
"So, you got them at the same time?"
"Yeah."
"Okay."
"And um Yeah. So, it wasn't like she was using my phone. She had a phone, but I took it away and she still had her computer."
"Like, I never took the computer away."
"This is the school computer."
"Yeah."
"Right. What about your other computer? You mentioned you had your own computer."
"Yeah. And you caught her doing some of the stuff on that."
"That was uh Yeah."
"Yeah."
"Yeah."
"But I just talked about it and then uh Yeah. I just talked about it. Then she stopped using my computer."
"Okay. Is that computer synced to your phone?"
"No."
"Are there any shared accounts between that computer and your phone?"
"No."
"Okay."
As the interview comes to an end, suspicion around Andrew begins to grow. There are too many questions and not enough answers that truly make sense. To him, it may have felt like he was walking away without consequence. And for now, he was. But for investigators, something had changed. For the first time, they begin to seriously consider that Andrew may know more than he's saying or possibly have more involvement than anyone initially thought.
Still, detectives can't focus on just one possibility. They continue working every angle, following leads, checking locations, while quietly keeping Andrew on their radar as a potential suspect.
It had been over a full year since Lor's disappearance. Investigators are still determined to find her, still holding on to the possibility that she could be somewhere with someone, but the reality is difficult to ignore. In the most serious cases, over 70% of children who are killed within just a few hours of being taken. It's a statistic that weighs heavily on everyone involved. And yet, despite the odds, officers continue pushing forward, refusing to give up the search.
That determination leads them to the next step: reaching out to Lor's best friend.
"Hello."
"Hey, Miss Addison. This is Detective Childers with TBD. Do you remember speaking to me earlier?"
"Yes. Yes."
"Hey, I was wondering if now's a good time to talk to Amaya."
"Hold on one second."
"Hello."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, ma'am. And she's here."
"Hi, Amaya. My name is Detective Childers. I'm with Tahasi Police Department. So, I'm assigned uh Lor's missing person case. Um I just took it over and I just had some questions for you. Um so, your sister had let one of our detectives know that you used to play Roblox online with Lorie. Um and that she had the name Princess044089. Are you sure that was her account?"
"I believe so. That's the last person I played with a few months ago."
"Okay. Um, do you think at all there's any chance it could have been somebody else?"
"No. The song that's the last person I played with like since she's been gone."
"Okay."
"That last account that she used with me."
"Okay. Do you remember when that was the last time you guys played together?"
"The last time I was in Tallahassee like when was that?"
"I'm sorry. Say that again."
"I said the last time I was in Tallahassee. Um..."
"...not sure what..."
"Yeah, I'm not sure, but it was a couple months ago. And the last time I was over there, she used my phone and made an account. And um I don't know what the password is, but that was the last time."
"Okay. So, do you remember if by chance that would have been in the summertime?"
"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was like during Thanksgiving time cuz when she was also here at our house, we was also playing um Roblox."
"That was at Thanksgiving."
"Yeah, like around Thanksgiving time."
"This this most recent Thanksgiving, like 2023?"
"No."
"No."
"No. Oh, okay. So, it would have been probably about a year and a half ago."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Okay. Gotcha. Gotcha. Okay. Okay. Um, how often did Lori play Roblox?"
"We tried to play whenever we can. Like if we were bored, we would just play Roblox or like walk around the house and, you know, just laugh and talk."
"Gotcha. Did you guys ever play Roblox when you weren't together? Like from each of your houses?"
"No, she didn't have a cell phone to do that, but that I'll play Roblox on my mom's phone and she'll play it on my own."
As investigators continue exploring every possible angle, they begin looking into Lor's online activity. With growing concerns around online platforms and cases involving children being contacted through games, officers consider whether something similar could have happened here. They examine accounts, messages, and any potential connections, including platforms like Roblox, to see if Lorie may have been in contact with someone.
But after following that lead, nothing concrete is found. There is no evidence linking her disappearance to any online interaction. And once again, investigators are left without answers.
As the months pass, the case begins to go cold. Investigators are left with no solid leads, no clear direction, and no answers. But eventually, they are forced to return to someone they had always considered, but hadn't fully focused on: the one person who had last contact with Lorie, her father.
So, officers go back to Andrew Wy, taking a closer look at his actions, his timeline, and everything he had told them from the very beginning. And what they begin to uncover only deepens their suspicion.
"Hey, I'm Detective Kilders. Do you remember speaking with me on the phone?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Um, is it just you that lives here?"
"Uh, yeah, just me."
"Okay, we're we're almost done. Um, we really appreciate your help. I'm sorry to keep inconveniencing you."
"Honestly, I'd be surprised if you found something. It's been so long since..."
"Well, I don't know."
"Um, was there anything in the apartment that was left when you moved in?"
"Yes."
"Uh, actually, no, absolutely nothing. I just get keep getting his mail. Is it Wy?"
"Keing his mail."
"Yeah. WY. Yeah."
"Yeah."
"Yeah. Yeah. We've been looking for the person for a year now."
"Yeah."
"Like I said, should be more than a few more minutes and we'll be done and out of there."
When officers return to Andrew's previous residence, they discover he is no longer living there. With permission from the new tenant, investigators decide to take a closer look inside the property, searching for anything that may have been missed. And that's when they find something unexpected: possible blood stains. The discovery immediately raises concern, and the samples are collected and sent off for testing to determine whether they could be linked to Lorie.
With this new focus, officers begin actively searching for Andrew, trying to locate his new residence. This time, they're prepared. Investigators track him down and, now treating him as the primary suspect, obtain a search warrant for the home he's currently staying in. For the first time, the investigation is no longer just about finding Lorie. It's about building a case against the person who may have been right in front of them all along.
Weeks go by before investigators are finally able to determine where Andrew is staying. After working with multiple agencies and following up on different leads, detectives are able to track him down. When they arrive at the residence, he isn't inside. But this time, they're ready. With a search warrant already secured, officers don't wait. They move in, organized and prepared to search the entire property. Andrew has no idea what's unfolding, and when he returns home, he's met with an unexpected surprise.
"Should I go in there?"
"Not right now. got..."
"We have a copy of the search warrant for you that will get to you. Thomas still has it."
"Here's a copy of the search warrant. You can go to the courthouse to get a copy of it. Um apparently this is new to me cuz this is Georgia. You know I'm from Florida but it's signed by the judge. This is your copy to have you and keep that and get a copy of that. And all this is referenced to Lord about this corner."
As officers carry out the search, Andrew waits outside, appearing calm, almost as if this is all a waste of time. After more than a year with no evidence directly tying him to the case, he seems confident nothing will come back to him. But that confidence won't last. For now, he stands there trying to make sense of what's happening, unaware of what investigators are about to uncover.
"And what this..."
"What this..."
"like? Yeah."
"This is in reference to Lord."
"Like what?"
"Neither of us are either. Detective Magnes that are leading K. All we really told is that there's a search warrant of time for your house for a certain item."
"I'm going to get come back. Once you done like another hour or two."
"No, we about to take an inventory of what all we're taking it on out and once I get done with that."
Eventually, Andrew steps away as the search comes to an end. Detectives leave the property with several items, including cell phones, computers, tablets, and clothing—anything that could hold potential evidence. With this, investigators finally have what they need to begin a deeper forensic analysis. And Andrew is now firmly at the center of it all.
But it would take months of testing, analyzing digital data, reviewing search history, and tracking location records before investigators could begin to piece everything together. However, as Andrew remains their main suspect, detectives know they can't ignore any possibility. So, they continue expanding the investigation, including reaching out to Lorie's mother, hoping she might provide insight into Andrew. But that conversation proves to be far from straightforward.
"I guess you were had an appointment with Nashville PD and weren't able to make it for some reason and you wanted to go ahead and do that now if you're able to."
"And I've been asking CPD for since the beginning for the files for this case. I'm not sure why y'all feel entitled to my cooperation, but y'all don't have to cooperate. Y'all are running down. What files..."
"In all these I want all the case files to lawyers from the last case."
"Sure. So, and just just to give you kind of an update on what we've been doing since we got here, we we're we're pulling out all the stops when we..."
"It's too late. You're pulling out all the stops too late."
"Yeah. Just doing everything we can to try to get a feel for uh who she was and what might have happened, where she might be. Um..."
"She I mean, y'all know the scenario and she's likely no longer with us. Honestly speaking, y'all do this, y'all investigate this. You know how this goes."
"That's possible."
"It's likely."
"It is. It is likely. And y'all are treating me and this is my problem with this. I'm going to air out all my grievances. Go ahead."
"Y'all are treating me like a criminal. Like I did something. She was not in my care when all this went down. I'm dealing with the loss of my child and the gross negligence of Tallahassu Police Department."
"Yeah."
"The disgusting negligence of the department."
"Yeah."
"Cost could have potentially cost me the life of my child. And now y'all banging on my door 8 n months later asking me for my DNA. I I we we'll take all of that."
"Okay. Um they put brand new detectives on the case."
"It's too late."
"I hope that it's not, but it could be because if I'm moving a child, if you I mean, y'all know how to do that. This is not If I'm moving a child, I'm going to move the child in 8 months. I'm not going to wait for y'all to run down to my house."
"We don't we don't think that you move the child."
"I'm not saying But anybody that did because there's an adult. It has to be an adult involved. She can't sustain herself this long. So whatever like thinking like in their pattern if I know that I have a child that the police are looking for I'm not just going to hold them. I'm going to move them. I'm going to hide them. I'm going to..."
"Right."
"Well, if if you're thinking on the lines of placing the blame on us, then..."
"Not the blame. I'm not placing the blame on y'all, but how y'all handled it? It was mishandled. It was very mishandled."
"Then you can can be on on the right side of this thing. You can investigate everything. I'm on the right side of this thing. I don't have..."
"I'm saying like there's there's no reason."
"No, but I'm not entitled. I don't have to cooperate with y'all. I don't trust y'all."
"Okay. Well, one of the things is um so maternal DNA."
"I know how it works. I know how it works. Mitochondrial DNA, baby. I trust me. I got I got a master's degree in this."
"Well, and that's that's what we're trying to do."
"And I'm saying that I want the case file. Y'all get y'all want what y'all want, but I can't get what I want because what's going to happen is that when these case files get lined up, this is going to look real stupid. And y there's going to be a lot of holes to poke and why this didn't happen, why it should have happened."
"Yeah. Okay. And and and..."
"So if you want what you want, I want what I want. And this is how you get things done. This is how you get things done."
While speaking with Lorie's mother, detectives are met with frustration. She expresses concerns about how the investigation has been handled, feeling that more could have been done in the early stages of the case. Despite this, investigators remain focused. They still need to understand Andrew.
"Um, I have to ask, you know, your opinion. Could her father have done anything to her? Would he have?"
"I can't speak on that as a fact and say cuz I don't know. I don't think that he would have cuz I I mean..."
"That's what I'm asking. Your gut feeling. That's important to She's been down there like for summers and Christmas. So, I don't think that he would hurt her. I really hope he wouldn't."
"And nothing happened while she was down there. No allegations of even any kind of abuse at all or nothing like that."
"Not that I am aware of, but I don't He didn't talk to me."
"Yeah. Okay, I get it."
"But I I I mean I'm not going to say like he didn't, but I I don't..."
"I hope he wouldn't hurt her."
"And we we have no evidence that he did. I mean, you know, forensics has, you know, went over his apartment with a fine tooth comb, and he's been helpful. He's he's he's actually provided a swab for his DNA."
"As he should. He was negligent."
"Yeah."
"Right."
"This is his fault."
"Now, I'll be honest, that will require..."
us to take the device and bring it back to which is a pain. I know. Um, and again, being completely honest, not trying to pull anything over on you. I mean, we going above and above and beyond trying to tell you exactly what we're doing. Um, we weren't sure how you feel about that. So, we did get an order, a warrant signed by a judge that would allow us to take the phone, extract the stuff from it that we need, um, and then bring it back to you tomorrow. We don't want to keep the phone. We don't want to do anything. I don't want to deprive you of the phone because in this day and age, that iPhone is it's everything, right? You know, um, so we we don't want to take it back to Tallahassee. We want to do that here, bring it back to you in the morning. Um, any video footage that you can upload to us, uh, you know, Jerry can show you how to do that real quick. It's not that hard. Um, we we'll do it. Um, just anything that you can think of that can help.
Sooner or later, detectives realize they aren't getting what they need. Nothing uncovered from this conversation helps build a case against Andrew. And nothing of significance is found on her phone, either. Once again, investigators are left without the answers they were hoping for. But then the results from the evidence they collected begin to come back. And this time it's exactly what they've been waiting for.
Just 3 days before Lori is found, detectives make a major breakthrough. They begin to notice inconsistencies in Andrew's timeline. Details that don't quite add up. So they take a closer look at his cell phone records. What they find changes everything. His phone places him in a remote area in Georgia at the exact time Lorie disappeared, directly contradicting the story he had given investigators. And it doesn't stop there. Search history recovered from his device reveals queries related to remote locations, including areas in Georgia and Alabama, suggesting knowledge or even planning. For investigators, the pieces are finally starting to come together. But the biggest breakthrough is still yet to come.
On the day Lor's body was found, she would be discovered in Thomas County, specifically in a remote wooded area near the Florida border. The area had recently undergone a controlled burn. A plant fire used to clear thick vegetation. Because of this, dense brush and debris were cleared away, and the grounds became visible. After the burn, human remains were exposed and noticed in the area, and authorities were called to the scene. The remains were then collected and forensically tested and they were later confirmed to be Lorie Page. Now, with this, investigators already had key evidence. Phone data from Andrew Wy had shown that his phone had traveled to that exact area around the time Lorie disappeared. So, when the body was found there, it directly matched the evidence they already had.
The very next day, detectives locate Andrew, who at this point has no idea that Lor's body has just been found.
>> You want to come over? You want to just come over to my car?
>> When did you move to Tallahassee?
>> Uh, September.
>> September.
>> And uh when did you get your new number? Cuz I tried to call your old one. Okay. You still work for
>> I'm still here kind of.
>> I heard they put you on like admin leave or whatever. Um I didn't know if they cuz I thought it all came about because of the gun.
>> No. Um do you have any weapons on you?
>> No. Mind if I touch you down? Put your hand behind your back.
>> You know why we're here, right? Have a chat. Okay. Uh, we're walking a seat in front of
With Andrew now in custody, they transport him to the station to start questioning him on what exactly had happened and try to get the truth out of him. Now at the station, detectives confront Andrew. However, he doesn't give them any real answers.
>> I'd love to have a discussion with you about why you're here. You want to do that?
>> No. Okay. Um, give me one sec. Be right back.
>> You have any idea why you're here?
>> Andrew, we can play games if you want to, but I'm tired of playing games.
>> All right. Is there anything you want to ask me?
>> You brought me here. I I know I brought you here. You don't want to know why
>> you got the floor?
>> You're not concerned in the least. You're you're a corrections officer. You just got brought to the police department in handcuffs and you don't have any questions.
>> You're brutally.
>> You're right. Not one question. This silent treatment. I mean, how do you want to play this, man? I
>> mean, if I were in your position, I'd have a ton of questions as to why I was here now.
>> And And I'm not going to pretend you're not a smart man. I know you're a smart man. So, you understand the difference between murder, manslaughter, and everything in between, right? Negligent manslaughter, any of those things? You understand that? You've seen people come in and out of that prison day in day out, different types of charges. How do the ones look that are charged with murder versus the ones that are charged with lesser offenses? Do they look different? Do they act different? Which one do you want to be? You know why you're here. Like I said, I'm not playing games with you.
>> It's over, man.
>> Do what you have to do to make this right now. You won't have another opportunity. You'll be looking at a bunch of people in a jury booth that won't give a won't give a flying hell about what you say when it comes your time. They're not going to care. They're going to look at everything else and then they're going to convict you. But they have to get it right. I need them to get it right. You need them to get it right. So, we need to know what actually happened. Okay. Was it a mistake? Was it an accident? I don't know what
>> you talking about. Doesn't matter.
>> Keep it up, man. This is your life, not mine. I can give a
>> When When this is over, when this is over, that's it. That's the only opportunity you're going to get. I'm going to go about my business. I'm going to work the next case. Okay.
>> Listen, man. The mystery is over. All right.
>> Acting like that is what's pissing me off.
>> Laura's dead. You're charged with her murder.
>> So my daughter's dead.
>> She's dead.
>> We found her remains.
>> Where you tell us? Because you wouldn't be here charged with murder for your daughter's death.
>> Crazy. If we didn't have evidence to support that you did it, we wouldn't be doing it all speculation. We wouldn't be doing it all. Somebody thinks you did it. You've got evidence to support that you did it.
>> You got evidence.
>> Plenty of it.
>> Mhm.
>> That's what he's saying.
>> Yes. And that is why you're here right now.
>> So why are we talking?
>> Because what we want to know is how did it happen? That's what we're giving you the opportunity to tell us.
>> Did you just get mad at her one day and decide this is the day? Was it an accident? Something happened and you got scared after the fact?
>> Did you plan it? I mean, those are all questions I would want to be answered if I were a jury. We wouldn't be doing our job if we weren't sitting here asking you these questions to try and give you the opportunity to tell us what actually happened that day.
>> And if I were on trial for it, I would like to give the jury those answers before they speculate as to what it was because them them coming up with their own their own ideas is going to be very bad for you. premeditated child murder does not look well for you in court. But you know what? Every parent up there has been frustrated with their kids. Every parent up there has thought about, "Oh my god, I wish this was just stopped. They're screaming. They're yelling. I can't control them." People understand that. People understand what it brings them to. getting mad, punching walls, doing whatever, you know, that kind of stuff. Some people do lose their temper. They understand that. But you know what they don't understand? And what they don't like is someone sitting in your position with a smile on his face, not giving a damn one way or another. That's what they're going to see. Change their mind. Don't let them see that. Let him see who you are.
>> I need a lawyer, bro.
>> Okay, good luck.
With Andrew asking for a lawyer, it stops detectives from being able to question him any further. However, they already had enough evidence to build a strong case against him. So that very same day, he would be taken to jail. Once in custody, he would spend around 2 months in jail before dying in custody from a pulmonary embolism, which was later confirmed to be a blood clot in his lung. As for Lorie, her cause of death was never officially determined. Once again, we have a Patreon with uncensored and raw footage. Link in the description.