Public Asked To Help In Nanny Murder Case
Investigators Try To Place Suspect In Boca Raton At Time Of Murder
POSTED: Tuesday, March 29, 2005
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. -- The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Tuesday morning asked for the public's help in their investigation of the murder of a Boca Raton nanny.
Investigators are hoping that someone can help them place murder suspect Jerry Wiggins at the scene of the crime.Wiggins was arrested in January in the rape of a Charlotte, N.C. woman. The woman picked Wiggins, who she knew as "Jay," out of a line-up.Investigators said DNA from the Charlotte rape matched DNA in the murder of Monica Rivera-Veldizen. She disappeared from a Boca Raton Publix supermarket on West Palmetto Park Road Jan. 2, 2004. Her body was found Jan. 5 in bushes a short distance from the home where she was living and working.Slideshow: The Nanny Murder Investigation Investigators said Wiggins kidnapped, raped and murdered Rivera-Veldizen.The DNA from the North Carolina rape also matched DNA in the rape of a 14-year-old Coral Springs girl.Wiggins has not consented to providing a DNA sample, but investigators said that is "just a formality."Detectives said it is imperative that anyone who can place Wiggins in the Boca Raton area in January 2004 call investigators at 1 (800) 458-TIPS.
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Previous Stories:
- February 10, 2005: Man Charged With Boca Raton Nanny's Death
- January 21, 2005: North Carolina Police Holding Suspect In Nanny's Murder
- March 31, 2004: Possible New Clue In Nanny's Murder
- March 17, 2004: Man On Tape Identified In Nanny Murder Case
- February 23, 2004: Deputies Following 'Credible' Leads In Nanny's Murder
- January 14, 2004: Surveillance Photos Released In Nanny Murder Case
- January 8, 2004: Detectives: Serial Killer May Have Murdered Nanny
- January 8, 2004: Nanny Murder: FBI Sends Profiler
- January 6, 2004: Police: Nanny May Have Been Victim Of Sexual Predator
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