Study of Facial Expressions
What do you see?
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.
Police Find Body: Is it Susan Powell?
To read my thoughts on the Powell case, click on the labels below. Posts will come up in reverse chronological order. I did not trust Josh Powell from the first day he did an interview.
Cindy and George Anthony on Dr. Phil
Having watched the Anthonys on Dr. Phil, I still stand strong in the opinions I have always had from day one. I believe that Cindy did not have any inkling about what Casey did to Caylee. I believe her when she says she thought Casey was keeping Caylee from her because Casey was jealous that she loved Caylee. I believe Cindy and George that George was not there the morning Caylee was killed or died.
And Dr. Phil sees it like I have said along: Cindy is in denial. There is no doubt about that. Cindy Anthony clearly has denial problems and was an enabler, but it could be her mechanism of survival. Denial is not always a conscience decision, or willful deception. I wish people could understand this. Is Cindy trying to minimize Casey’s behaviors? Absolutely. Is she unable to accept the truth? Absolutely. Is what she says about Casey ridiculous? Absolutely, but does it mean she is purposefully trying to deceive people? No. Cindy is in true clinical denial.
Most people, Cindy included, wouldn’t cope knowing they produced a psychopath.
