BUFFALO, NY – A Buffalo man awaiting trial for the murder of 22-year-old Tiarra Lott has admitted his guilt and pleaded guilty to manslaughter in court today.
As announced by Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn, 29-year-old Andre C. Whigham, also known as “Dro,” of Buffalo, pleaded guilty this morning to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Class “B” violent felony).
On or about the late evening of January 29, 2021 into the morning of January 30, 2021, the defendant strangled his girlfriend with his hands inside of an upstairs apartment on Gold Street in the City of Buffalo, causing her death.
In February of 2021, Buffalo Police found the body of 22-year-old Tiara Lott near railroad tracks near Wex Avenue in the City of Buffalo after she was reported missing by her family.
When he is sentenced on Friday, April 14, at 9:30 a.m., Whigham faces a maximum of 25 years in prison.