HICKORY, NC (AP) -- Investigators indicated Tuesday they believe someone killed a 10-year-old girl with disabilities who was reported missing over the weekend, and accused her stepmother of trying to throw off investigators with a fake ransom note.
Police said the search for Zahra Clare Baker has shifted to a homicide investigation, canceling a missing child alert for the shy but upbeat girl who used hearing aids and a prosthetic leg because of bone cancer.
The girl's stepmother, Elisa Baker, is the only person accused in the case so far. Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins said she was charged with felony obstruction of justice after admitting she wrote the note, which asked for $1 million.
Adkins says police can't find anyone outside the household who has seen the girl alive in the last month.
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"Adkins says police can't
"Adkins says police can't find anyone outside the household who has seen the girl alive in the last month."
This statement bothers me... That a child could go missing for a month and no one bother to ask questions. I have a special needs son, I know that his teacher and the director at his school would be following up to see where he was if he was out for even a couple of days without my calling them. I'm pretty sure that if we moved to another school that they would call to offer the new teacher help in transitioning him.
Poor baby, that no one noticed her missing for so long. How sad!
Elisa Baker
http://www.myspace.com/gothicfairy6668
This is the step-mothers Myspace page, looks like a 15 year old boys page. If you look at her pics you can see all the children she had or took care of.
Poor little child
This is so horrible. I hope she is alive, she has already been through more than any child should have to endure. I cant imagine how a parent can take the life of a helpless child, hope its not the case here.
Those that new that this
Those that new that this little girl was being abused and didn't say anything are just as guilty as that Stepmom. I hope its on their concious for the rest of their lives.