It has been determined that the man from Virginia who murdered his wife after she predicted that “he’s going to kill me” and buried her body under a concrete slab would spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Frederick Lewis Wiggington, Jr., 38 years old, was found guilty of the murder of his estranged wife, Elsie Mae Wiggington, in Amherst County. The judge handed down the punishment of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Frederick Wiggington was found guilty of first-degree murder in May, following a trial that lasted for three days. The jury pondered for slightly more than an hour before reaching their verdict. In addition to that, he was found to be responsible for the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
At the conclusion of the closing arguments, the prosecution is believed to have stated, “The truth did not remain buried.” “The truth is that he planned and executed his wife, Elsie Wiggington.”
An further factor that contributed to the conviction was the testimony of an inmate who allegedly stated that Wiggington acknowledged to him that he had murdered his wife and intended to frame her brother. According to the defendant, he murdered her because she was planning to leave him as a partner. He also believed that he would receive praise.
According to the inmate, Wiggington would tell him, “I’m going to be on Dateline,” and the inmate remembers hearing this.
The prisoner was of the opinion that Wiggington “isn’t acting right in his head.”
“He ain’t got no remorse, he don’t give a damn,” the inmate reportedly testified for the prosecution.
On the matter of concealing a body charge, Frederick Wiggington had previously filed an Alford plea, which is not an admission of guilt but rather an acknowledgment that the prosecution had sufficient evidence for a conviction.
The foster sister of the victim shared her thoughts on the impact that her loss has had on both of their families.
After taking into account all of the deaths, my niece and nephew have suffered the loss of their mother. Victoria, my foster sister, and I have suffered the loss of our sister. And as for Fred’s mother, she was bereaved of her son. According to what Tracey Coleman said to the television station, “no one walks away from this unscathed.”
On June 23, 2023, Elsie Wigginton, who was 45 years old at the time, wrote her final message to her foster sister, in which she stated, “He’s going to kill me,” and that she was going to move to Maryland to live with her. This was the beginning of the chain of events that eventually led to the finding of her remains and the arrest of her husband.
After a period of two days, the daughter of the victim received a text message from an individual whom the family suspects may have been impersonating Elsie Wiggington. On June 26, members of her family reported that she was missing.
The remains of the deceased woman were discovered by investigators on August 14, 2024, more than a year after her disappearance, when they were examining a property located in the 600 block of Pendleton Drive in Amherst County, according to a press release issued by the sheriff’s office during the investigation.
In a short amount of time, Frederick Wiggington was taken into custody and first charged with the hiding of a deceased animal.
According to the documents filed in the court, the victim and the defendant were married in April of 2019, and they officially divorced on June 17, 2020, when she claimed that Frederick Wiggington had moved back in with his ex-wife. According to the records submitted with the court, Elsie Wiggington filed for divorce, citing adultery as the reason.
According to the records filed in the court, Frederick Wiggington admitted that he had forged Elsie Wiggington’s signature in order to remove her signature from the title of her mobile home and retitle it in his own name. According to the records filed in the court, he also acknowledged to staging a robbery of their home in September 2019, during which he took his firearms, Elsie Wiggington’s jewelry, home décor, and other forms of property to the residence of his ex-wife.
According to the document filed with the court, “there is no prospect of reconciliation.”
On a GoFundMe website, family members warmly described the victim as a devoted mother and grandmother who worked as the director of nursing at a rehabilitation center. The page was created in memory of the loved one who passed away.
“Elsie Wiggington, mother, grandmother, sister, nurse, and caring community member was brutally murdered and parts of her body hidden under her own home,” according to the information provided. “She was a victim of aggressive behavior in the home.” Elsie made an effort to get away from the chaotic setting and advocated for herself.
“Elsie doted on her grandchildren and devoted her time to members in her community that were in need,” according to the information provided.
