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Ka'Niyah Baker was last seen on Auburnleaf Drive, in the Greenlake community off Old Leesburg Road in Hopkins, on Monday, January 13. According to information from RCSD, Baker could be in the Farrow Road area, near Beltline Boulevard.
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Missing Richland County teen found dead following house fire; homicide investigation ongoing

Ka'Niyah Baker, 13, was found deceased during a Columbia house fire. Police are investigating her death as a homicide but haven't identified publically suspects.
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<sigh> This cute happy-looking 13 year-old looks like a 13 year-old.
Gone for 4 days. Takes my breath away.
Prayers for her and for those who love her, and for those who are looking for her.

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Hopkins is a census-designated place in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. It was founded circa 1836 and named after John Hopkins. Wikipedia
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*This one really breaks my heart. It really does:confused:

“Any death is heartbreaking but it’s even more challenging to understand when it is a child," Rutherford said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.
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Teen missing since Monday identified as victim found in house fire

Ka'Niyah Baker, 13, was found dead in a house fire. Her death was deemed a homicide. She had been missing since Monday; authorities are investigating.
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Columbia Police said in the last several hours that they have promising leads in this case.

CPD tells WIS the investigation shifted from suspicious death to murder investigation after Baker’s autopsy.

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Body found in house fire identified as missing Columbia 13-year-old girl

A 13-year-old girl has been identified as the body that was found during a fire at an unoccupied home, according to Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford.
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neondreams said:
This is so sad. So young. She deserved to live out her life, not die at just 13 and in a house fire, no less. And to be murdered?! It just turns my stomach. I just hope Ka'Niyah was dead before the fire began. RIP, young lady. I am sorry this happened to you.
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I strongly suspect she was already dead, and the fire was lit to try and cover up the crime and destroy evidence.

MOO
 
iamshadow21 said:
I strongly suspect she was already dead, and the fire was lit to try and cover up the crime and destroy evidence.

MOO
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Hoping you are correct WRT her death, 'shadow -- it makes sense, IMO. Whoever it was who killed her apparently wanted to make her "go away" in the fire so that no one would know what happened.
Also hoping LE has some ideas about who killed this 13 year old.
We will never know what good things this young girl could have done.
Fly high, Ka'Niyah.

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Teens arrested in murder of missing 13-year-old found in burning home

Columbia Police said on Saturday that they have arrested two teens in the gruesome death of a missing 13-year-old found dead in a vacant home on Wednesday night.

Police Chief Skip Holbrook described the killing of Ka'Niyah Baker as "heinous, vicious and monstrous," deferring to Coroner Naida Rutherford, who provided details on how the teen died.
 
bitesizedcrime said:
Teens arrested in murder of missing 13-year-old found in burning home

Columbia Police said on Saturday that they have arrested two teens in the gruesome death of a missing 13-year-old found dead in a vacant home on Wednesday night.

Police Chief Skip Holbrook described the killing of Ka'Niyah Baker as "heinous, vicious and monstrous," deferring to Coroner Naida Rutherford, who provided details on how the teen died.
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wow... I hope they do charge them as adults!!!
 
Glad that the suspects have been found and have been arrested. Surely, due to the heinous things that were done to Ka'Niyah, the suspects will be tried as adults.

Prayers for those who loved Ka'Niyah, and may she rest in peace.
 
bitesizedcrime said:
Teens arrested in murder of missing 13-year-old found in burning home

Columbia Police said on Saturday that they have arrested two teens in the gruesome death of a missing 13-year-old found dead in a vacant home on Wednesday night.

Police Chief Skip Holbrook described the killing of Ka'Niyah Baker as "heinous, vicious and monstrous," deferring to Coroner Naida Rutherford, who provided details on how the teen died.
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Im not going to post the details of her murder in this thread

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Two teens arrested for stabbing, bludgeoning, and burning of missing girl found dead in Columbia home

Columbia teens arrested for brutal murder of Ka'Niyah Baker, 13, whose body was found in a home as crews responded to a fire.
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Holbrook said police arrested a 16-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl in connection with the case overnight Friday into Saturday. He said the 16-year-old was reported missing by her mom on Jan. 12 and has a history of disorderly conduct, malicious injury and other crimes. At the time, she was wanted by the Department of Juvenile Justice after allegedly cutting off her ankle monitor. Police said the 15-year-old was a frequent runaway who dropped out of high school.
 
borndem said:
Glad that the suspects have been found and have been arrested. Surely, due to the heinous things that were done to Ka'Niyah, the suspects will be tried as adults
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At What Age are Juveniles Tried as Adults in SC

At what age are juveniles tried as adults in SC? Although the law changes July 1 to 18 years old, many children will still be charged at 16 or as young as 14.
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And, any aged child can be charged as an adult if they are accused of murder or criminal sexual conduct:

(6) Within thirty days after the filing of a petition in the family court alleging the child has committed the offense of murder or criminal sexual conduct, the person executing the petition may request in writing that the case be transferred to the court of general sessions with a view to proceeding against the child as a criminal rather than as a child coming within the purview of this chapter. The judge of the family court is authorized to determine this request. If the request is denied, the petitioner may appeal within five days to the circuit court. Upon the hearing of the appeal, the judge of the circuit court is vested with the discretion of exercising and asserting the jurisdiction of the court of general sessions or of relinquishing jurisdiction to the family court. If the circuit judge elects to exercise the jurisdiction of the general sessions court for trial of the case, he shall issue an order to that effect, and then the family court has no further jurisdiction in the matter.
 
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2 teens charged after 13-year-old girl found ‘bludgeoned, stabbed and burned’ in Columbia

Two people have been arrested in a 13-year-old’s homicide, the Columbia Police Department announced Saturday.
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The two teenage girls, 15 and 16 years old, from Columbia, had dropped out of a local high school, Holbrook said. Both girls arrested were frequent runaways.

“We expect to pursue justice in this matter,” said Fifth Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson.

The solicitor’s office is expected to petition the family court and ask to charge these two juveniles as adults, Gipson said in Saturday’s press conference.

One of the juvenile suspects was wanted by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and was currently wearing an ankle monitor. She had removed her ankle monitor and had a pick-up order to be returned to DJJ custody, Holbrook said during the press conference.

Holbrook pointed to the lack of parents in teens’ lives is a the common theme among the “senseless violence” happening in the city of Columbia.

“This is gut-wrenching,” Holbrook said. “When you talk to people that have been involved in committing heinous crimes like this, you’re looking to seek answers and read their reactions. But sometimes its when there is no reactions is what’s most troubling
 
Two teenagers have been arrested in the death of a missing South Carolina girl, in a case described as “gruesome” and “monstrous,” the Columbia Police Department announced at a news conference Saturday.

Holbrook said police arrested a 16-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl in connection with the case overnight Friday into Saturday. He said the 16-year-old was reported missing by her mom on Jan. 12 and has a history of disorderly conduct, malicious injury and other crimes
www.wltx.com

Two teens arrested for stabbing, bludgeoning, and burning of missing girl found dead in Columbia home

Columbia teens arrested for brutal murder of Ka'Niyah Baker, 13, whose body was found in a home as crews responded to a fire.
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