Man Accused Of Murder To Be Tried In 14-Year-Old's Rape

Nanny Murder Suspect Accused Of Two Rapes

POSTED: Tuesday, March 29, 2005

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- A man who police say murdered a South Florida nanny will be in court Wednesday to face charges that he raped a Coral Springs teenager.

Investigators said that Jerry Wiggins raped the 14-year-old girl months before he kidnapped, raped and murdered nanny Monica Rivera-Veldizen.

Wiggins was arrested in January in the rape of a Charlotte, N.C., woman. The woman picked Wiggins, whom she knew as "Jay," out of a lineup.

Investigators said DNA from the Charlotte rape matched DNA in the murder of 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

The DNA from the North Carolina rape also matched DNA in the rape of the Coral Springs girl.

Wednesday at 8 a.m., Wiggins will appear before Judge Michael Kaplan on sexual battery and lewd and lascivious behavior charges.

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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