Elisa Baker Plead Guilty to Second Degree Murder

Elisa Baker plead guilty to second degree murder for the death and dismemberment of her step-daughter, Zahra Baker, this week. She faces up to 18 years in prison when she is sentenced.

Little Zahra Baker came with her father from Australia to North Carolina. She had a tragic life. At the age of 10, she had already faced cancer, an amputation and hearing loss, and people reported they saw her being treated horribly by her step-mom. 

Police say Elisa’s confessions helped them find Zahra. She told police that Zahra was found unresponsive on September 24, 2010, and while I don’t she believe was simply unresponsive, I suspect the date has some relevance because Zahra had not been seen for sometime. Investigators put a call out to the media to try to confirm that last time someone saw Zahra, and according to ABC news above, no one saw her after September 25, 2010.

Zahra Baker was reported missing on October 9, 2010, yet her father claims to have seen her on the Thursday before –October 7, 2010–which is no where near September 24, 2010. He says to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, “It would’ve been…probably Thursday night and I got up early and went to work…”

Probably???

You can read my entire October 11, 2010 review of Adam Baker here.

It appears from the facts we do have in this case, it is highly unlikely that Zahra was alive on October 7, 2010, and the odds are exceedingly high that Adam was being deceptive.  What do you think? 

It appears Adam will not face any criminal charges related to his daughter as police have no evidence of his or anyone else’s involvement.