AMBER ALERT Issued for Missing 10 Year Old Zahra Claire Baker in North Carolina

A state wide  Amber Alert has been issued for missing 10 year old Zahra Claire Baker by the Hickory, NC  police. Zahra  Baker was last seen sleeping in her bed at her home located at at 21 21st Ave. NW in Hickory at 2:30am before she was reported missing at 2 pm Saturday, October 9, 2010. They reported her missing at 2pm in the afternoon? Exactly where did they think she was? They claim they thought she was still sleeping.

Zahra was discovered missing Saturday afternoon by her father and stepmother who told police they searched for the girl for about an hour before reporting her missing around 2 p.m.  They had last seen her 12 hours earlier asleep in her bed.

Description:

• Zahra is white female 10 years of age
• about 5 feet, 1 inches tall
• weighs 85 pounds
• brown hair
• blue eyes
• She is hearing impaired.
• was last seen wearing a camouflage army T-shirt, black knee length tights and has a left prosthetic leg below the knee. Police said that her prosthetic leg was not found in the home.

According to the Hickory Police Department, the stepmother, Elisa Baker, of Zahra Baker was arrested on Sunday on unrelated outstanding charges, including communicating threats, writing worthless checks, larceny and driving with a revoked license. Police have questioned both the father, Adam Baker, and step mother Elisa Baker in the disappearance of Zahra. Hickory police said she remains a person of interest in the case.

According to reports, the answers that Elisa and Adam Baker gave police had so many inconsistencies that they provided more questions for the couple.  

If any one has any information regarding this abduction, call the Hickory Police Department immediately at (828) 328-5551, or call 911 or *HP.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Where is Zahra Claire Baker and what does her stepmother know about her disappearance? For that matter, what do both her parents know?

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