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[lauriej]

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13465050

Investigators wait for DNA results, review and re-evaluate in Zahra case

DNA evidence can take several weeks or months to process. First, a DNA profile from Zahra Baker must be built, before any potential evidence can be compared.

The fact that it’s not clear exactly when Zahra disappeared further complicates building her profile. It’s not as easy as taking hair from a brush, when it’s not even clear when Zahra lived in the family home on 21st Avenue NW.

 

[lauriej]

http://www2.journalnow.com/news/201...igators-await-results-dna-evidence-ar-521555/

A rush has been put on any evidence relating to this case,” said Capt. Thurman Whisnant with the Hickory Police Department. “The SBI made it priority No. 1. The bone is of key importance. I know they’re working on it right now.”

In addition to the bone, investigators recovered additional evidence from Christie Road, although Whisnant declined to comment on what it was.

Even with the priority order on the evidence, Whisnant said the public must be patient.

“Even with a rush, it’s not what you see on (the TV show) ‘CSI,’” he said. “We’re looking for any kind of confirmation on whether it’s a human bone, and if we can extract a DNA profile.”

 

[wenwe4]

Zahra Baker's home stands abandoned in North Carolina

THE house where Australian 10-year-old Zahra Claire Baker lived with her father and American stepmother looks more like a haunted wreck than a family home.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...d-end-cops-admit/story-e6freuzr-1225950339746

 

[wenwe4]

One Month Later: No Sign Of Zahra Baker

http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=150310&catid=57

 

[nursebeeme]

http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13465050

Tuesday, they were quickly back out at a search location in Caldwell County -- although they weren't saying exactly where.

Full Coverage: The Search for Zahra

Meanwhile, District Attorney Jay Gaither said he re-iterated with the SBI Crime Lab the importance of putting a rush on the case. Gaither said that is standard procedure, and something the SBI was doing before he made the request.

Since the investigation began October 9th, Hickory Police have submitted four rounds of evidence to the SBI for processing. In two of those submissions, the first results came back within a few days, the next results came back in two weeks.

The SBI has not disclosed what evidence was tested; however search warrants were executed on the former Baker home, two cars parked in the driveway, and a search was done at Adam Baker's work site during the timeframe evidence was submitted.

The last two submissions were made to the SBI on November 3rd and 4th. That's when police also announced they found a possible bone connected to Zahra.

 

[sarx]

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/25686699/detail.html

Investigators searched a wooded area in the Patterson community along Indian Grove Road in Caldwell County on Tuesday.

(Google has it as Grave not Grove, btw)

 

[nursebeeme]

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/25686699/detail.html

Investigators searched a wooded area in the Patterson community along Indian Grove Road in Caldwell County on Tuesday.

(Google has it as Grave not Grove, btw)

~snip~


Police found something during Tuesday’s search that they are taking a closer look at, but they would not say what it was.

 

[nursebeeme]

nvestigators searched another wooded area in Caldwell County as the search for Zahra Baker entered its second month.

The search area was north of Christie Road, where authorities discovered Zahra's prosthetic leg and a bone they believe might be connected to the case. Hickory Police Deputy Chief Clyde Deal said authorities will head back to a wooded area near Dudley Shoals Road in Granite Falls Wednesday. Investigators have been at that site at least one other time.

Deal said during the last month, searchers have collected more than 200 pieces of evidence, some of which have been sent to the SBI for testing. Other than the bone, police aren't saying what the other items are. The SBI gave the evidence its highest priority status.
http://charlotte.news14.com/content/...ahra-continues

 

[nursebeeme]

Tuesday afternoon the reward in the Zahra Baker case took another big jump, when the N.C. Crime Stoppers Association donated $1,000 to the reward fund.

Robyn Lee is the coordinator of High Point's Crime Stoppers program. Like many across the state, she's been keeping up with the case, and she noticed, initially, there wasn't a Crime Stoppers number broadcast.

"I made some phone calls to check out and see, it turns out, that the Hickory/Catawba program had sort of died out," said Lee.

She's on the board of directors of the state and Southeastern Crime Stoppers Associations.

"A lot of programs right now are struggling because of reward funds being down, everybody's having a tough time raising money these days," said Lee.

She and her counterparts called around and worked to fill the gap. They got $1,000 pledges from Crime Stoppers Programs in High Point and Winston-Salem along with Alexander, Caldwell and Cleveland Counties.

Caldwell County Crime Stoppers agreed to field calls, which could crack the case.

http://charlotte.news14.com/content...me-stoppers-offers-reward-in-zahra-baker-case

 

[FaerieB]

Search teams are combing a new site in Caldwell County on Wednesday for evidence related to the investigation of Zahra Baker, the missing 10-year-old girl.

http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13465050

 

[nursebeeme]

He described the search area as a winding road that switches from paved to dirt. The areas searched on Christie Road last week and off Dudley Shoals earlier were scattered with decomposing animal carcasses and bones. Adkins said investigators have found what appear to be animal bones along Indian Grave Road as well, though he declined to specify what investigators are looking for.

We're looking for anything that could be helpful to the investigation,'' he said.

Adkins said the medical examiner and SBI lab are still testing the bone, which may be human and was discovered off Christie Road a week ago. The testing has not been completed.

FBI and SBI investigators spent Tuesday reviewing case documents and interviews at the Hickory Police Department's command post in their continuing efforts to focus the investigation's efforts, Adkins said.

"They're looking at what we've done and analyzing it to see what needs to be done on the investigative side while searchers continue to work on site,'' he said.

http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/news/2010/nov/10/new-area-caldwell-county-searched-ar-526368/

 

[FaerieB]

Adkins said any communication between investigators and [Adam] Baker is going through Baker's attorney, Mark Killian.

*snip*

[Elisa] Baker did provide some information to police through her attorneys on Oct. 25. That cooperation has stopped.

Lots more at link.

http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/news/2010/nov/10/new-area-caldwell-county-searched-ar-526368/

 

[KikiWanBaniki]

Zahra Baker case update: Investigators examine finances of stepmom Elisa Baker

http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-na...tors-examiner-finances-of-stepmom-elisa-baker

[snip]: Authorities have now subpoenaed Elisa’s financial records. According to WCNC, the subpoena was issued to a bank located within a Wal-Mart store in Granite Falls, and indicates Elisa may have used up to eight different aliases. Financial transactions of Elisa’s daughter, Amber Fairchild, are also being requested by investigators.

WCNC video: http://www.wcnc.com/video?id=106915208&sec=731773

[snip]: ...may be using as many as eight aliases, including 'Elisa Fullman'...

 

[wenwe4]

New area in Caldwell County searched for Zahra evidence
Focus turns to remote area in Patterson community

"We're looking for anything that could be helpful to the investigation,'' he said.

Adkins said the medical examiner and SBI lab are still testing the bone, which may be human and was discovered off Christie Road a week ago. The testing has not been completed.

FBI and SBI investigators spent Tuesday reviewing case documents and interviews at the Hickory Police Department's command post in their continuing efforts to focus the investigation's efforts, Adkins said.

"They're looking at what we've done and analyzing it to see what needs to be done on the investigative side while searchers continue to work on site,'' he said.

Zahra was reported missing on Oct. 9. Three days later Hickory police announced that the case was being investigated as a homicide"

Attorney Scott Reilly is representing Baker on her current charges. Attorney Lisa Dubs has been provisionally assigned to the case in anticipation of possible murder charges against Baker.

Baker did provide some information to police through her attorneys on Oct. 25. That cooperation has stopped.

"We have not been contacted by Elisa Baker's attorneys for some time now,'' Adkins said.



http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/news/2010/nov/10/new-area-caldwell-county-searched-ar-526368/

 

[nursebeeme]

Investigators returned to a search site off of Dudley Shoals Road Wednesday morning, looking for clues in connection with the disappearance of 10-year-old Zahra Baker.
Roughly 40 people are searching the area in connection with the case; police shut down traffic around the search site just after noon.
http://www.wcnc.com/news/Search-for-Zahra-Baker-returns-to-Dudley-Shoals-Road-107047579.html

 

[nursebeeme]

Investigators are in the Dudley Shoals community of Caldwell County, continuing a month-long search for evidence in the disappearance of 10-year-old Zahra Baker.Searchers are focusing on an approximately half-mile stretch of Gunpowder Creek, with divers looking in the water and investigators combing through the banks.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/25746233/detail.html

 

[nursebeeme]

Search teams are combing a new site in Caldwell County on Wednesday for evidence related to the investigation of Zahra Baker, the missing 10-year-old girl.

Crews began searching at an area near Dudley Shoals Drive and Burns Road in Caldwell County at 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday. Officials said the area, which has been searched before, was one of the locations that Elisa Baker suggested search crews look.

The search on Wednesday has taken on a serious tone with a no-fly zone set up -- meaning news helicopters are not allowed over the area. Also, earlier Wednesday search crews went in with dry suits, and then went in to search a body of water.

According to WBTV reporter Steve Ohnesorge, police are extremely tight-lipped about what is happening and they seem more intense as the search goes on.



Ohnesorge said that every officer he tried to talk to seems "frantic" and said "I can't say anything."

http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13465050
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[nursebeeme]

Wednesday morning, investigators returned to an area along Dudley Shoals Road to search for evidence connected to the homicide of Zahra Clare Baker. This time, in addition to searching along the banks of Gunpowder Creek, they also looked in the water itself.

Several Caldwell County agencies gathered at the Hudson Fire and Rescue station at 7 a.m. Wednesday before heading out to Dudley Shoals Road near Burns Road to search for evidence, beginning at the Dudley Shoals bridge and spanning out in a half mile in each direction, said Tommy Courtner, Caldwell County EMS director.

“We’ve brought trained staff out to locate evidence with this case,” Courtner said. “The water team searched the banks and stream. We also brought mower devices to trim brush.”

The water team, dressed in personal flotation devices and helmets, waded through the water, which ranged from six inches to five feet in depth, searching with oars for evidence.

A BOB-CAT with a mower attached to the end rather than a bucket, was used to trim 18 inches of underbrush from the ground surrounding the higher-up banks.



http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/news/2...als-ar-526642/

 

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