http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/news/2010/oct/13/neighbors-never-saw-missing-girl-ar-453363/
Zahra Clare Baker is the little girl who never was to neighbors on 21st Avenue NW.
Ive never seen her, said Eddie Mitchell, who lives across from the Baker house.
Nobody ever saw her, said Elisabeth Goderstad, whose house is nearby on 22nd Street.
In fact, Mitchell says he saw Zahras stepmother, Elisa Baker, once.
I walk two or three times a day, Mitchell said Tuesday evening. Usually, he walks briskly a mile or so along 21st Street.
Occasionally, hell try N.C. 127 North, just steps from his house and the Bakers.
It was one of those occasions when he saw Zahras father, Adam Baker, drive up with his wife. There was no child with them when they got out of the car.
Im always out, Mitchell said. I never noticed them (the Bakers) until about three weeks or a month ago.
Mitchell has lived at the same location for two years.
He was always out at the mailbox, and I would say hello, but I couldnt get a reaction. He wasnt a very sociable guy.
He said some of the neighbors told him they saw Elisa Baker from time to time.
Mitchell said he was surprised Sunday morning when a Hickory police officer asked him if he had seen Zahra.
Then, it was the officers turn to be surprised when Mitchell said never.