From Missing to Murder: 24 Year Old Mother Stacey Marie Barker Charged with Murder of 18 Month Old Emma Barker

 

The story began as a missing persons case as tot mom Stacey Marie Barker reported that her 18 month old Emma Leigh Barkerchild, Emma Barker, missing as the result of a kidnapping. However, upon subsequent interviews with the tot mom, it became obvious to investigators that her story was full of holes and a lie. 24 year old Stacey Marie Barker is now charged with the murder of her daughter as she was charged with one count each of murder, assault on a child causing death, and child abuse.

A Southern California mother has been charged with murdering the 18-month-old daughter she initially reported missing last month.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles County said Monday that 24-year-old Stacey Marie Barker of Quartz Hill was charged with one count each of murder, assault on a child causing death, and child abuse

Detectives arrested Barker last Thursday because of “indications she might flee or disappear,” Nelson said. She was being held on $1 million bail.

Barker is scheduled to be arraigned May 11.

Mother charged in killing of 18-month-old daughter

An Antelope Valley mother who alleged that an attacker knocked her out and abducted her 18-month-old daughter is believed to have suffocated the girl hours earlier and dumped her body in Sylmar, detectives said Monday.



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    11 Responses to “From Missing to Murder: 24 Year Old Mother Stacey Marie Barker Charged with Murder of 18 Month Old Emma Barker”

    1. Michelle Smith on April 28th, 2009 8:38 am

      How truly sad. Another precious child taken at the hands of a parent. What the hell is wrong with people?

      R.I.P. Emma Barker

    2. Catbert on April 28th, 2009 10:24 am

      Breaks my heart

    3. Jayne on April 28th, 2009 12:50 pm

      I live in S. CA. When I first heard story on news it didn’t pass the “smell test”. After the remains were found I wasn’t surprised that the Mom decalred it was an accident, what ever happened to 911? A beautiful baby girl how sad. My babies are over forty now and they are still my babies. How could a Mother do such a thing.

    4. pak31 on April 28th, 2009 1:55 pm

      This just makes you want to scream. There is nothing worse than the death of a child at the hands of their parents. I can’t even think I am so ill at the thought of how this mom could even consider this. The worst part is that she was only concerned about herself. She dumped her daughter like trash, then made up a story so she wouldn’t get caught. Extremely ignorant. Did she really think she could outsmart the police? I can only say this is ignorance and selfishness. No concern for another human let alone your own baby is just awful.

    5. Jessica on April 28th, 2009 3:37 pm

      The punishment for this crime should be whatever the baby killer did to her child. Children see their parents as their Gods, how can they harm them. If you get that frustrated, take a breather, fricken put them in their crib and walk out for a few mins, until you gain your composure. Is it really worth killing a innocent soul over? I swear some people should be spayed. RIP Beautiful Angel Emma!!:(

    6. Taffy on April 28th, 2009 5:10 pm

      I was a Mom at 16 (yes, I know stupid, but stuff happens)and again at the ripe old age of 23. Never in my life did I lose control of myself and inflict harm to either of my sons. I never spanked, slaped, or verbaly abused my sons. I am sick to death of people using age or lack of education or poverty as an excuse to abuse children. We need to start protecting the children and intorduce harsher punishment for abusers. Nuff said.

    7. Happy on April 30th, 2009 2:36 pm

      I have been pondering all of these mothers killing their children, and yes, it is the most heinous crime ever. One of the things I’ve been thinking about it what pushes them to this — not to give them an excuse BUT WHERE ARE THE FRICKING FATHERS!!!! You know, the other person who created this child. It isn’t easy to be a parent, no less a single one — THOSE FATHERS need to BE THERE (weather they are with mom or not) to pick up some of the stress and the slack — I believe we’d see a lot less of this if some of these women has support of the DAD — not the grandma, not the aunt, not the sister — the OTHER PERSON THAT MADE THEM>

    8. Heather on May 10th, 2009 10:42 pm

      Happy I agree with you something is trully lacking in our society when the fathers are not there as protectors i grew up in a single family home and i can say that mothers get stressed out to the point of taking it out on their kids and when these girls live with their parents there is a double stress of trying to assert their roles as parents while proving themselves as adults to their parents. I also think the culture of death has a lot to do with this subconsciuosly these girls believe they have the right to chose whether to get rid of their child or not if they are in the way of their lives even after the baby is born. I fear how many more of these cases this culture of death will create.

    9. Lisa Torres on March 13th, 2011 10:13 pm

      Emma sweetheart don’t worry I bet that God is keeping you very safe in heaven.

    10. dioi on December 22nd, 2011 1:50 am

      it really breaks my heart

    11. brown sandoval on April 26th, 2014 3:03 pm

      I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT LITTLE BABY GRIL IN I WISH I HAD LIVE NEXT DOOR OR JUST BEEN @ THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND SHE COULD HAVE JUST GIVEN ME THAT BEABY AND THE GOOD LORD KNOWS I WOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE AND GIVEN THE BABY SO MUCH LOVE I KNOW TODAY STACY CAN NOT LIVE ONE DAY WITH OUT SEEING EMMA FACE AND WERE IS THE DAD HE HAD TO KNOW ABOUT THIS MATTER SHAME ON HIM 2.REST IN PEACE BABY EMMA THE GOOF LORD HAVE YOU.

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