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adam's interview after hearing that elisa was indicted----02-21-2011-----
Steve: ( setting up the camera angles..) now, you look right at me ok?
Adam: shakes head, yes..
Steve: Adam, your reactions to the statements today by the D.A.?
Adam: happy, extremely happy, something’s actually gonna be done.
Steve: do you think then, what have you been going through the last couple of months?
Adam: umm, you name it, every emotion you can think of. Umm, isolation, wondering whether they were going to actually charge, after some statements that were made out, with uh, if any one gets charged for this, that made me think maybe they didn’t have any proof at all. Umm, I’m extremely grateful, that hickory police and everybody else has taken their time , going through everything properly,and come to the conclusion that they’ve come to.
Steve: a lot of people think that you should be charged.
Adam: well I’ve said all along that I’ve had no, no involvement with Zahra’s death or dismemberment.
Steve: none at all?
Adam: no
Steve: did you know what was going on?
Adam: no
Steve: people say, how could you not know?
Adam: uh, lisa’s uh, very manipulative, umm, abusive..
Steve: to you?
Adam: yeah, to me.umm, very controlling. Um, plus with work I was gone first thing in the morning didn’t get home until late um, was told that Zahra was in bed , cause Zahra normally went to bed early.
Um, I checked every night from what I could tell she was in bed. It looked like she was in bed, there was something in bed. (makes w-e-i-r-d- face)
Steve: did elisa ever tell you NOT to go in there ?
Adam: umm, no. She’s known, well she knows that if Zahra’s asleep and I come home I open the door check that she’s in there, asleep, and then go and have a shower, after work.
Steve: what did you see when you’d look in the room?
Adam: it looked like Zahra was in bed.
Steve: something under the sheets?
Adam: yep
Steve: when you made that 911 call that morning you said hat you had last seen her at 2:30 THAT morning.
Adam: no. I said WE. Lisa had checked on her.
Steve: Lisa told you that?
Adam: yeah
Steve: You did not ?
Adam: no I was asleep.
Steve: when was the last time you saw Zahra?
Adam: it, what I thought was Thursday night.
Steve: for sure? But I mean you looked in and you saw her , what you thought was Zahra, but when you know for sure it was Zahra---when was the last time?
Adam: well, Steve, I really can’t answer that at the moment because the police are still doing their investigation. Umm, I’d love to answer that , but as I said, I don’t want to do anything to hinder their investigation at this time.
Steve: what do you think about the whole thing at this point when the news came, what was your First thought?
Adam: Yes! Finally. Jumped up and down crying , probably looked like an idiot but, didn’t really care.
Steve: what do you think this means for Zahra?
Adam: justice finally. She’ll finally get the justice that everyone’s been waiting for. Um, like I said it’s been a long time coming and I hope that Lisa gets everything that she deserves.
Steve: what do, where do you go from here?
Adam: I don’t know, um..
Steve: are you going to stay around?
Adam: I’m still waiting, I’m going to stay here as long as the hickory police and everybody else needs me here, um, once I’ve helped them with anything else they need to be helped with, then hopefully I’ll be going back to Australia. Um, try pick up a few pieces of my life and save some money so I can come back here for when the trial happens.
Steve: what do you say to people who are looking at you, are looking at this right now, and are thinking “I still think he did it, I think he should be charged, what do you say to them?”
Adam: everybody, everybody’s entitled to have their own opinion. Everybody’s had their own opinion all the time, I just want to say Thank you to everybody that has believed me this whole time, and has given me, you know, their thoughts and their prayers.
Steve: have you been out to the memorial on Christie road yet?
Adam: no I haven’t actually been out there.
Steve: do you plan to go?
Adam: yes I do.
Steve: overall thoughts. Anything else you’d like to say?
Adam: um, the only thing I’d really like to say is, you know, again to thank everybody that’s put all their time and effort into finding the evidence and getting this result for Zahra.
Steve: anything to say to Lisa?
Adam: nothing to say to Lisa. I haven’t spoken to her, contacted her since any of this started.
Steve: when she, when you and she got married, she was still married to somebody else. Did you have any idea?
Adam: no. No, in Australia when you get married you have to provide proof of divorce and stuff and she showed some divorce papers from a previous marriage. So, as far as I knew she’d only been married that one time before.
Steve: you didn’t know about-----you were the 7th?
Adam: yeah, I’ve come to find out I was the 7th. That’s a bit of a shock.
Steve: what does that tell you about her?
Adam: um, you know, that uh, she has a history of doing this sort of stuff, manipulating everybody in her life.
Steve: you said she was abusive toward you. In what way?
Adam: uhh, verbally, emotionally, physically. Uhh, throw things....hit.
Steve; what do you think when you look back in a couple of years, would you do something different?
Adam: yeah, I would never have got her involved in Zahra and my life. That’s the biggest mistake I’ve ever made. I’ll regret that for the rest of my life.
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( ------------note---------i was unable to reply to the transcript i had done on adam's 60 minutes interview as the thread was closed-------it was mentioned that i had missed pieces, i hadn't, the Oz video had been pulled---the transcript is the youtube version---thanks pattyG!--- which cuts off .....lj. )
---for those who missed that adam/liz hayes interview-----
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Adam Baker father of murdered Zahra Baker 60 minutes interview Feb 20th 2011
