911 Tapes Reveal Stepmother Reported a Fire the Day Zahra Baker Disappeared
Police Now Suspect the Backyard Fire Was Set Deliberately
By SARAH NETTER and LAUREN EFFRON
Oct. 19, 2010
The Hickory. N.C., police department today released the tapes of the two 911 calls that Adam and Elisa Baker made, around the time their 10-year-old daughter, Zahra Baker, was reported missing.
WSOC-TV in Charlotte obtained the tape of the first call. On Oct. 9, the day Zahra disappeared, her stepmother, Elisa Baker, reported a fire in the back of the family's home in Hickory.
"My husband works for a tree maintenance company and our backyard is on fire. ... We've got big mulch piles and wood piles ... firewood and stuff," Elisa Baker told the 911 operator.
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Police told WSOC-TV that they now believe the fire had been set deliberately, but no one has been charged in connection with the incident.
Eight hours later on the morning of Oct. 10, Adam Baker, 33, made a second 911 call to report his daughter was missing, police said.
"Hey, how are you doing? I need police," Baker said to one dispatcher, before he was transferred to a second dispatcher, who took down his information.
On the tape with the second dispatcher, of which ABC News obtained a recording, Baker can be heard describing how the police had been out to his house the night before on a seemingly different case.
Listen to the full recording of Adam Baker's 911 call HERE.
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A prime suspect in the case, Elisa Baker, 42, is currently being held on an obstruction of justice charge, after police said she admitted to writing the fake ransom note and demanding $1 million in unmarked bills. Her court-appointed attorney said Elisa is "scared to death" and very emotional. Baker continues to deny she had anything to do with Zahra's disappearance.
Adam Baker told the Associated Press on Friday that he is still not sure that his wife was involved in his daughter's disappearance, adding that he just wants to find Zahra and take her back to his family's native Australia.
I truly don't care if EB is scared to death, for she's only scared to death for herself, not Zahra...and those allegations of abuse would only lead one to believe she's done the unthinkable to Zahra...may she never find peace within herself for those allegations...JMHO
AB wants to find Zahra and take her back home to Australia, seems too little, too late. After finding EB on line, they get married, so, I don't know if he truly knows this woman and his saying he doesn't know if EB is involved...JMHO
Where is Zahra???
