Tag Archive for: Elisa Baker

Elisa Baker Plead Guilty to Second Degree Murder

/in /by

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

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.

Elisa Baker: Indicted on Murder

/in /by

Elisa Baker was indicted on murder charges in the Zahra Baker case today.  Click here to watch a video.

Here is a copy of the indictment.

Adam Baker, Zahra’s biological father, did an interview with Australia’s 60 Minutes which aired this weekend, but it has been blocked in the U.S. because of the pending case here in the U.S.

I reviewed Adam Baker in October when he talked about his missing daughter because he said he saw his daughter two days prior to reporting her missing, and I didn’t believe him. It ends up police now believe Zahra was dead two weeks prior to him reporting her missing, which made his story a lie, as I predicted.

Thanks to everyone who shared links on this story.

Elisa Baker’s Ex-Husband: Aaron Young

/in /by

Aaron Young, Elisa Baker’s ex-husband of 10 years, speaks out about Zahra’s death in an exclusive interview with News 14 Carolina.  In this interview, Young talks about several things that I am confident he is being honest about.  He tells us that Elisa was jealous of the attention that Zahra would get.  He also tells us that Adam, Zahra’s biological father, was a good guy and that he would do anything for anybody.  I believe these are absolutely true.

Last he tells us that he thinks Elisa is capable of doing this horrible act by herself, which I believe Aaron truly believes.  From what I see of Adam Baker myself, he was the typical nice guy, though nice guys do get caught up in the spells of psychopaths, unfortunately.

I do not think that Aaron Young was involved in killing Zahra Baker.  I believe him here.  I was confused when he said in the first video that he has had nothing to do with Elisa since February, but in the third video he said he took Zahra swimming with five other children in August, but I suspect he was with Adam and Zahra and not Elisa, but I would double check that if I could…just to be sure.

Read my opinion of Zahra’s biological father, Adam Baker, here.

Zahra’s Visitation

/in /by

Little Zahra Baker’s story is the stuff of nightmares. A sweet little girl gets sick with cancer, she loses her leg to the disease and has to wear a prosthetic. Neighbors talk of seeing Zahra abused by her stepmom, and then one day Zahra disappears. Her biological mom is in another country unable to locate her daughter.

News reports surface that the little girl could have been put through a wood chipper. Now drains are being searched for evidence. While the little girl’s DNA has been found and her death ruled a homicide, the facts of this case are still not in. We’ve heard there may be two more suspects in the murder of litle Zahra–one of which was a friend of Zahra’s stepmom. The nightmares don’t stop and now to hear that there was no family at her visitation, it’s just overwhelmingly sad. Where on earth was her father, Adam Baker? You just can’t imagine such horrors go on…but the realization is that they do.

Next time you see a child who looks like they need help, think of Zahra.  If only someone would have become her advocate and fought her, maybe this wouldn’t have happened.

Adam Baker Speaks Out

/in /by

Adam says in a very soft tone, “There is no way I would hurt my daughter.” That’s a hot spot for me. Why does he say it so softly? Often times when people are dishonest, their voice gets very faint at key times.

When asked if he took part in Zahra’s dismemberment, he said, “No, there is no way I could do that to my baby.” If you look, he makes an expression of contempt at that point. While he is contemptuous, it doesn’t tell us the reason, which is key. Is he mad that he is being questioned, or indignant he has to even answer that? He just continues to speak in a very soft tone, which is notable.

We know from what he told us in the past few weeks that he knew Zahra was dead. And he likely knew what happened to her, or he would have been demanding answers from Elisa by going to the police, which he didn’t do. He defended Elisa and went along with her game as long as he could and still doesn’t want to reveal what he knows. But I cannot tell from this video if he did anything to harm his daughter, or just covered up the act of an insane woman. I would need to see more to make a final opinion. One hot spot is not enough to form an opinion.

Logic tells me if he covered for Elisa, he was capable of doing more, but I don’t have enough clues to go on right now.

Thanks, Catlady.