Parents hope new spotlight on daughter missing over 20 years brings answers

A Waggaman family is looking for answers 26 years after their daughter disappeared.Watch reportVicki Carriere was 18 years old and 8 1/2 months pregnant when she went missing in the summer of 1987. Her body was never found and no one was ever charged in her disappearance.The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said her boyfriend, Joseph Phillips, was a suspect but refused to take a polygraph.He said Carriere disappeared from a store parking lot in Waggaman. Phillips died in 2002.Wednesday, with the help of the Victims and Citizens Against Crime organization, the Carriere's are putting Vicki's picture back out there, hoping someone will come forward with information.The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said anyone with information can call 504-364-5300.

A Waggaman family is looking for answers 26 years after their daughter disappeared.

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Vicki Carriere was 18 years old and 8 1/2 months pregnant when she went missing in the summer of 1987. Her body was never found and no one was ever charged in her disappearance.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said her boyfriend, Joseph Phillips, was a suspect but refused to take a polygraph.

He said Carriere disappeared from a store parking lot in Waggaman. Phillips died in 2002.

Wednesday, with the help of the Victims and Citizens Against Crime organization, the Carriere's are putting Vicki's picture back out there, hoping someone will come forward with information.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said anyone with information can call 504-364-5300.