Zahra Clare Baker 10, last seen 2:30am at home, Hickory, NC #1 10/10/10-10/13/10

[Tolerance]

Just became aware of this case today.

I have a lot of catching up to do.

I was asked to make this, so I am posting it now.

Thank you, Brandi.
This is very comforting.
You are so kind.

[klaasend]

From her myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/gothicfairy6668

blog


Zahra - one of quite a few photos from her photo albums.  Note captrion:

[NCSunny]

A former neighbor of the Bakers told "Good Morning America" described the stepmother as in cold terms. Kayla Rotenberry, who lived next to the Bakers for about a year in Sawmills, N.C., said that Elisa Baker would force Zahra to walk long distances on her prosthetic leg, threatening punishment if she slowed down.

As for Zahra, Rotenberry said she "was the best youngin' you could ever ask for."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-hickory-girl-zahra-bakers-mom-involved-dad/story?id=11848643

Oh my...how sad for her. 

She is such a beautiful child. Praying she is found and safe!

I just don't understand how anyone can harm a child...or animal for that matter. 

[klaasend]

Adams facebook set to private:

[Itaryl Moosee]

Wow! Just heard of this one.

Lots of similarities with other cases still open.

This one seems like an in-house deal too.

[Gypsy DD]

http://www.myspace.com/adam1802000

Adams myspace it is set to private

His last login was 10/10/2010

MOOD:  ANNOYED

Just anotherr parent with time to login and post a mood while their child is missing..super.

[Northern Rose]

Good point! RT @TheLoowho I found odd that the dad did not check on her after fire. He said he was just TOO panicked wtf

Zahra Clare Baker last seen 2:00 AM sleeping -- DAD reported her missing 12 hours later. Stepmom arrested on unrelated charges.
7 minutes ago via web

Reply Retweet .   Live @HLNTV law enforcement live presser regarding missing Zahra Clare Baker. Ransom note found in home.

http://twitter.com/Levi_Page

[Tolerance]

From her myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/gothicfairy6668

blog


Zahra - one of quite a few photos from her photo albums.  Note captrion:

geez, did you read those blog entries?  Family doesn't count?
Brain cancer?
current 'disease'
I wonder if she was jealous that z's illness was more dramatic than hers?
I have a terrible sick feeling in my gut

[Gypsy DD]

LOL Klaas..I was typing while you were posting.

So, where is the little boy now?

And it really appears they are into gothic..hmmm..

[no rose colored glasses]

Elesa Baker - Queensland Australia - remember the exhusband said Australia

http://www.myspace.com/gothicfairy6668



From her photo album (I blurred out the other girl)

Thanks, only two comments that I can actually say on here, the rest I will keep private. I think once you get past a certain age the goth thing really needs to go, and not only that, it is so yesterday. And crazy son in law, well that was pegged correctly IMO

[Tolerance]

Ransom note???????????????????
arghhhh
Thanks for all the updates.
You guys are amazing.
all of you.

[Northern Rose]

(with video)

HICKORY, NC – A 10-year-old girl from Hickory has been missing for nearly two days. Police say the statements from her dad and stepmother are “inconsistent,” and that Zahra Baker was most likely abducted by someone she knows.

Zahra’s parents told police she was last seen sleeping in her room at their home on 21st Avenue NW at around 2:30 Saturday morning. They reported her missing Saturday at around 2 that afternoon. An Amber Alert was issued shortly after that.

On Sunday, officers went door to door in the neighborhood where Zahra disappeared, and concerned residents were on the lookout for the little girl. Zahra is around 5 feet tall, and she weighs 85lbs. She has brown hair and blue eyes. She also has a prosthetic leg below the knee on her left leg, and she has a hearing impairment.
 
Police have not named any suspects in the disappearance of Zahra Baker, but they say her stepmother, Elisa Baker, is a person of interest. During the search of the home, police arrested Elisa Baker on unrelated charges including writing bad checks.
 
If you have any information about Zahra Baker’s whereabouts call the Hickory Police Department at 828-328-5551 or dial 911.

http://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/top-stories/Police-Search-for-Missing-10-year-old-104682319.html

[no rose colored glasses]

http://www.myspace.com/adam1802000

Adams myspace it is set to private

His last login was 10/10/2010

MOOD:  ANNOYED

Just anotherr parent with time to login and post a mood while their child is missing..super.

You would sure think your mood would be something other than annoyed when your child is missing.  It appears that Elesa had brain cancer, and it also appears from what she is writing that she is ill. And she has four kids.

[no rose colored glasses]

Ransom note???????????????????
arghhhh
Thanks for all the updates.
You guys are amazing.
all of you.

Wonder if it was step mom or dad who wrote the ransom note?

[klaasend]

From the same myspace link above of the stepmom Elesa:

http://www.myspace.com/gothicfairy6668

[Northern Rose]

Zahra Baker Missing: 10-Year-Old Hearing Impaired N.C. Child Gone, Stepmother Arrested on Unrelated Charges

HICKORY, N.C. (CBS/AP) New leads in the case of missing 10-year-old girl, Zahra Baker, indicate it is unlikely the hearing impaired child was abducted by a stranger, police said Sunday, and her father says "it could be possible" that his wife was involved.

Zahra's stepmother, Elisa Baker, who is reportedly the last person to see Zahra, was arrested early Sunday on "unrelated charges."

Zahra, who has a prosthetic leg and was previously treated for bone cancer, was reported missing by her father, Adam Baker, Saturday afternoon, just a few  hours after a brush fire was reported in family's backyard. Adam Baker said his wife told him she last saw Zahra asleep in her bed around 2:30 a.m. The blaze was reported around 5 a.m., and Adam Baker said he was in such a state of panic after the fire that he didn't check on his daughter, until hours later.

"Although nothing is being ruled out at this point, there have been details that have surfaced in the past 12 hours indicating that a stranger abduction is less likely than once anticipated," Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins told reporters during a press conference Monday.

Adkins said that Zahra needed hearing aids in both ears - the hearing aids were left at the scene, leading investigators to doubt she ran away.

MORE....

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20019217-504083.html

[Claycat]

Tolerance, the other girl may be her bio daughter that lives with her father.  Maybe that's her child.

[Brandi]

Zahra Baker Missing: 10-Year-Old Hearing Impaired N.C. Child Gone, Stepmother Arrested on Unrelated Charges

HICKORY, N.C. (CBS/AP) New leads in the case of missing 10-year-old girl, Zahra Baker, indicate it is unlikely the hearing impaired child was abducted by a stranger, police said Sunday, and her father says "it could be possible" that his wife was involved.

Zahra's stepmother, Elisa Baker, who is reportedly the last person to see Zahra, was arrested early Sunday on "unrelated charges."

Zahra, who has a prosthetic leg and was previously treated for bone cancer, was reported missing by her father, Adam Baker, Saturday afternoon, just a few  hours after a brush fire was reported in family's backyard. Adam Baker said his wife told him she last saw Zahra asleep in her bed around 2:30 a.m. The blaze was reported around 5 a.m., and Adam Baker said he was in such a state of panic after the fire that he didn't check on his daughter, until hours later.

"Although nothing is being ruled out at this point, there have been details that have surfaced in the past 12 hours indicating that a stranger abduction is less likely than once anticipated," Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins told reporters during a press conference Monday.

Adkins said that Zahra needed hearing aids in both ears - the hearing aids were left at the scene, leading investigators to doubt she ran away.

MORE....

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20019217-504083.html

Being in a panic about a brush fire, and you don't immediately check on your child?

This smells very bad to me.

[Claycat]

http://www.myspace.com/adam1802000

Adams myspace it is set to private

His last login was 10/10/2010

MOOD:  ANNOYED

Just anotherr parent with time to login and post a mood while their child is missing..super.

Annoyed?  How about horrified!  How about grief-stricken!   

[klaasend]

Ransom note???????????????????
arghhhh
Thanks for all the updates.
You guys are amazing.
all of you.

Levi's twitter is the only place I've seen anything about a ransom note.  Wonder where he read that?