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Zahra Baker's Dad: Marrying Elisa Was 'Biggest Mistake of My Life'

Feb 22nd 2011 – 7:53PM
AP

AP

The father of a slain 10-year-old girl calls his decision to get involved with Elisa Baker "the biggest mistake of my life." Elisa Baker was indicted Monday on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of her stepdaughter, Zahra Clare Baker. Zahra was hearing-impaired and had lost a leg to bone cancer. "I hope Elisa...

Stepmother Charged With Murder in Death of Zahra Baker

Feb 21st 2011 – 3:27PM
Hickory Police Department / AP

Hickory Police Department / AP

Elisa Baker was indicted today on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of her disabled 10-year-old stepdaughter, Zahra Clare Baker, whose remains were found in various locations around North Carolina. The indictment handed up by a grand jury in Catawba County, N.C., asserted that Baker had "a...

Top Crime Stories of 2010

By David LohrDec 28th 2010 – 3:15PM
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Landov / Getty Images

More than eight years after she was kidnapped from her bed at knifepoint, a young woman finally got justice. After nine long years, a Washington intern's family finally saw her killer convicted. And five years after an Alabama teen vanished, the main suspect in her disappearance was charged with murdering another young...

Prosecutors: Death Penalty Still an Option in Zahra Baker Case

By David LohrDec 6th 2010 – 4:58PM
James Nix, Independent Tribune / AP

James Nix, Independent Tribune / AP

(Dec. 6) -- The death penalty is still very much on the table in the Zahra Claire Baker case, North Carolina prosecutors insisted today, despite reports that the disabled girl's stepmother had cut a deal with authorities that would shield her from the ultimate penalty. Zahra, a 10-year-old cancer survivor, was reported...

Court Documents: Zahra Baker May Have Been Raped

By David LohrDec 1st 2010 – 1:58PM
Independent Tribune / AP

Independent Tribune / AP

(Dec. 1) -- A disabled North Carolina girl who had survived cancer only to be slain may have been raped before her death, and her body was likely dismembered in the bathtub of her family home, according to court documents. The new allegations were revealed Tuesday after Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Poovey ordered that...

zahra clare baker News From the Web

  • 05/22/12 Sheriffs not sure if skull is Zahra's Source: The Age - Melbourne VIC - Australia Forensic tests on a skull and other bones found in North Carolina bushland last month are yet to determine if they are the remains of murdered and dismembered Australian schoolgirl Zahra Baker.
  • 05/20/12 Sheriffs not sure if skull is Zahra's Source: The Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney NSW - Australia Forensic tests on a skull and other bones found in North Carolina bushland last month are yet to determine if they are the remains of murdered and dismembered Australian schoolgirl Zahra Baker.
  • 05/17/12 Zahra playground opens Saturday Source: The Observer News Enterprise - Newton NC The Zahra Baker All Children's Memorial Playground opens Saturday in Hickory.
  • 05/02/12 Thieves target memorial honoring Zahra Baker Source: ABC - WSOC 9 - Charlotte NC Thieves targeted a memorial in Caldwell County that remembers 10-year-old Zahra Baker.

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