Zahra Clare Baker Missing Child Case Now Homicide
10 year old Zahra Clare Baker went missing in North Carolina but now her case is being treated as a homicide.
Zahra suffered from bone cancer which requires her to use a prosthetic leg and hearing aids. She was reported missing on Saturday and no one has seen her since then. There was an Amber Alert but it has now been canceled as police believe this to be a homicide.
Police also investigated and said that no one outside of Baker's family had seen her for weeks, so police are not sure how long the 10 year old girl has been missing really.
Police recently reported that her step-mother, Elisa Baker, confessed to having written a ransom note that was found in her home. Elisa Baker is now being charged with felony obstruction of justice.
Elisa Baker Mugshot
Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins said about the homicide case:
We understand the public wants to help find Zahra. The problem is we cannot confirm with any confidence how long Zahra has been missing. Without this information, we cannot positively select the area to search for her."