At a Tuesday morning press conference, Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins announced that the Amber Alert issued over the weekend for 10-year-old Zahra Clare Baker has been dropped, and the case has shifted to a homicide investigation.
Chief Adkins said that Elisa Baker, the girl's stepmother has confessed to writing a ransom note found at the girl’s home, she has been charged with felony obstruction of justice in the case.
While the girl’s parents claimed to have seen her sleeping in her bed hours before she disappeared, police cannot find anyone who has seen Zahra in over a month.
Adkins told reporters: “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.â€
The girl’s father, Adam Baker, is cooperating with police and has reportedly said he believes it is possible that his wife is responsible.
Family members are now alleging that Elisa Baker frequently abused her stepdaughter, who lost her leg to bone cancer and used hearing aids.
Read more about this tragic case: http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-norfolk/police-arrest-stepmother-of-missing-n-c-girl
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