Zahra Clare Baker #2 10/13/10 - 10/16/10

[pfaubush]

From EB's FB page. REALLY??? I mean...REALLY???

Elesa Annette Baker This world is full of cold hearted people that continue to hurt undeserving persons without even taking a second glance, thats why its up to the ones with a heart to share the love,with hopes it could change the world.

February 12 at 9:13am

[novella]

Looks like gothmom's friends know the scoop

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Michael Hollar via Mitchell Clark: My buddy Mitchell Clark posted this as his Memorial for Zahra..God bless you buddy..Great...
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Mitchell Clark thanx mikey ... what a shame
Yesterday at 2:27pmMichael Hollar yeah Its a damn shame..I know her..sweet little girl..

[Deenie]

Videos from News Station in Perth AU - of Zahra's Case.

They have snips of EB's attorney speaking - don't throw up if you watch it. He is claiming her to be Mother of the Year ......


http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8105557/police-search-wood-chipper-for-missing-zahra

[cw618]

http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13318660

Zahra's stepbrother releases statement, asks for prayers
Posted: Oct 13, 2010 5:16 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 13, 2010 5:23 PM EDT
 
Late Wednesday afternoon Douglas Proctor, the son of Elisa Baker, released a statement to the media.

We have posted it here exactly as it was sent to the media:

Dear everyone, I would first like to personally thank all those who have and are continuing to helping locate Zahra Baker and i ask that everyone continue to please support my family during this difficult time.

Due to the fact i am still gathering facts right now i am unable to make any comment on anything regarding Zahra Baker as well as my mother Elisa Baker. I would also like to ask that everyone please respect my families privacy during this difficult and stressful time.

Once all the facts have been gathered i will issue another statement but until then i will refrain from saying anything else. Once again please keep Zahra Baker in your prayers and thanks to everyone who is helping.

 Sincerely, Douglas Proctor

[novella]

I don't know how to save screenshots...some of the facebook friends are starting to set things to private...so if any of you monkeys know how to do that...could be useful later down the road.

[novella]

From EB's FB page. REALLY??? I mean...REALLY???

Elesa Annette Baker This world is full of cold hearted people that continue to hurt undeserving persons without even taking a second glance, thats why its up to the ones with a heart to share the love,with hopes it could change the world.

February 12 at 9:13am

I know...I read them...seems like she started spiralling downward in February.  Maybe the reality of married life and having a disabled child started to set in.  Reading her writings...I can see how she lured her husband in...especially if he knew her just through the internet.  Many of her "friends" do not seem surprised by the current events in reading their facebook walls.

[pink angel]

A person claiming to be a local on another board posted this. Take it for what it worth...rumor/gossip:


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The Tahoe SUV is currently at a local business under going "smell reduction" through the use of an Ozone type air cleaner. They are apparently trying to eliminate of get rid of some of the gasoline smell so they can work better within the vehicle.

Search dogs/cadaver dogs are out at the former residence in the Sawmills community. This info is from a resident of the area.

Wood chipper is being looked at piece by piece by forensic teams from SBI.

The NC SBI is being extremely careful in evidence collection and examination as well as lab work after the report of incomplete lab work and with holding of complete lab results and evidence to defense lawyers.

DA as advised LE to be thorough in lite of blunders of the Anderson murder case in Caldwell County a few years ago.

SO LE has reason to be very thorough in investigation, evidence collection, and crime scene investigation especially in the use of cadaver dogs.

[pink angel]

Video about the new search locations from 5 oclock news

http://www.wsoctv.com/video/25382252/index.html

[pink angel]

North of Morganton
They're draining a pond now in the area where they've been searching, per WSOC. Fire Dept. is there to pump the water out.

[cw618]

thanks pink angel

wonder why she wrote the ransom note, if she had nothing to do with
her disappearance, maybe they should ask EB, the right Q,
what do you know about Zahra's disappearance

[4 Donks]

http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13318660

Zahra's stepbrother releases statement, asks for prayers
Posted: Oct 13, 2010 5:16 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 13, 2010 5:23 PM EDT
 
Late Wednesday afternoon Douglas Proctor, the son of Elisa Baker, released a statement to the media.

We have posted it here exactly as it was sent to the media:

Dear everyone, I would first like to personally thank all those who have and are continuing to helping locate Zahra Baker and i ask that everyone continue to please support my family during this difficult time.

Due to the fact i am still gathering facts right now i am unable to make any comment on anything regarding Zahra Baker as well as my mother Elisa Baker. I would also like to ask that everyone please respect my families privacy during this difficult and stressful time.

Once all the facts have been gathered i will issue another statement but until then i will refrain from saying anything else. Once again please keep Zahra Baker in your prayers and thanks to everyone who is helping.

 Sincerely, Douglas Proctor

Sounds like Lee Anthony.

[pink angel]

It should take about an hour to drain the pond per the news station.

[pink angel]

thanks pink angel

wonder why she wrote the ransom note, if she had nothing to do with
her disappearance, maybe they should ask EB, the right Q,
what do you know about Zahra's disappearance

They can't ask her anything now. Her lawyer won't let her talk. Which sucks.


I think she wrote the ransom note so they could "claim" Zahra must have been taken by mistake. Since it was the boss's house they were living in. JMO

[fatcatlurker]

All I can think is all these people who claim to have witnessed the abuse by Elisa Baker they better stand by their word and this little girl when it comes time for them to testify in the court!

I wonder if she abused her own children?

[no rose colored glasses]

North of Morganton
They're draining a pond now in the area where they've been searching, per WSOC. Fire Dept. is there to pump the water out.

Oh wow, thanks, one would think they must know something to do this.

[klaasend]

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/25368912/detail.html

Investigators To Drain Pond In Search Of Missing Girl
WSOC-TV

Posted: 3:45 pm EDT October 12, 2010Updated: 5:54 pm EDT October 13, 2010

HICKORY, N.C. -- The search for 10-year-old Zahra Baker has now taken investigators to a drainage pond in Burke County. Channel 9 has confirmed that investigators will drain the pond to search for clues in the case.

Burke County police and K-9 teams were back actively searching several different locations on Wednesday for the missing 10-year-old, Zahra Baker.

Police were double checking the areas that they searched on Tuesday to make sure they didn't miss any evidence that could help with this case.

Zahra's stepmother, Elisa Baker, briefly appeared Wednesday before a judge on the charge of obstruction of justice at the Catawba County Justice Center in Newton.

Baker answered “yes” and “no” to the judge’s questions with two attorneys at her side, but didn't say much else.

Police said she has not cooperated since her stepdaughter's disappearance on Saturday from the family’s home in Hickory.

Police said Baker admitted to writing the ransom note found outside the home the day Zahra disappeared.

The judge appointed attorney Scott Reilly to represent Baker. Reilly told the judge he believes her $40,000 bond is too high.

Channel 9 spoke with Reilly and prosecutors about the case on Wednesday afternoon. "She is scared to death. She's worried if her family is out here and she is still emotional. It's scary coming out here and seeing all the court reporters and courtroom of people who are so much against her right now," Reilly said.

Riley also said Baker feels she is being railroaded by police. "She says she is not a killer had nothing to do with this whatsoever and that she has tried to cooperate with police, and that she loves her daughter," Reilly said.

"I know this is a very emotional time for law enforcement. The community is upset. We have a high degree of faith that law enforcement is going to solve this case. It’s going to be a high priority for the DA’s office when they do,” said District Attorney Jay Gaither.

Scott Reilly told Chanel 9 that they could have a bond hearing as early as Monday.

Police released very little information Wednesday but Channel 9 could saw investigators at several locations back searching in Burke County north of Morganton, running down possible leads.

One of those leads was a call from Rachel Freeman, who lives one mile from the area where investigators were searching on Tuesday night. Freeman told police she smelled something outside her home. "I want them to find it. I'm very concerned about her. We've smelled it since Sunday. It was real bad last night,” Freeman said.

But police said they didn't find anything around Freeman’s home. The area is less than a mile from where officers conducting a massive search Tuesday night for Zahra on property where police said her father had access to a wood chipper.

That location is where Melvin Campbell lives. He too called police after spotting an SUV on a logging road. "Just everybody keep their eye out and if they see anything suspicious call the law,” Campbell said.

A candlelight vigil has been scheduled for Zahra who went missing nearly four days ago.

The public vigil for 10-year-old Zahra is expected to take place Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at East Hickory Baptist Church on 16th Street Southeast in Hickory.

Police searched a wooded area throughout the night Tuesday and into Wednesday for the girl who has been missing since Saturday morning.

 

[Gizzie]

I never thought I'd say that I hope a body is found in a pond, because the alternative is what we have been fearing since hearing about the wood chipper.

Please God, let that baby be in that pond! 

[klaasend]

Video about the new search locations from 5 oclock news

http://www.wsoctv.com/video/25382252/index.html

I put that video in photobucket.  Click on the picture below to watch the video:

[klaasend]

It should take about an hour to drain the pond per the news station.

[Brandi]

Crews searching pond in Burke County

by NewsChannel 36 Staff
WCNC.com
Posted on October 13, 2010 at 2:32 PM
Updated today at 6:19 PM

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. – Late Wednesday afternoon, firetrucks arrived at an area that police and canine units have been searching in connection with the disappearance of Zahra Baker. Crews unrolled hoses and started draining a pond on the property they've been searching for the past two days.

Hickory police say officers, search dogs involved in previous efforts and additional search dogs returned to and expanded the search area on Wednesday afternoon.

Tuesday, they focused investigation efforts on one area, near a brush pile.

Burke County Sheriff John McDevitt said approximately 50 investigators were on scene Tuesday, watching as a backhoe cleared brush.

The land searched belongs to the family of a foreman at the tree trimming company where Zahra's father, Adam, works. It is an area where mulch, wood chips, and heavy equipment are all stored.

Bobby Green, a former employee of the company, says Baker would have had access there.

Alvin Webb, who lives next door, told NewsChannel 36 a deputy told him a cadaver dog smelled human remains on a mulch pile and on a wood chipper on the property. McDevitt said Tuesday night there have been "many hits" but none that he would call conclusive.

This is not the only area police are investigating.  Officers say they have investigators checking into different addresses where the Baker's have lived as well as officers searching in two other counties. A number of leads have been called in, and officers say they're following up on every tip.

http://www.wcnc.com/news/Police-return-to-Burke-County-search-site-104880109.html

Video at link also.