discussion to have because it is so gruesome and so heartbreaking as well, but without finding zah zahra s head, how much more difficult does it make the prosecution or finding out cause of death, for example? you know, years ago people used to think prosecutions used to think you can t prosecute without a body. we ve come a long, long, long way. we ve got forensic evidence, dna evidence, we ve got remains the remains have been able to be identified as zahra s. you can prove death and death by murder. the autopsy report was just released and that came back as cause of death murder. so it s not going to be that difficult. now you have to prove that the mother, elisa baker, is the one who caused the death and show manner and means of death in some way. i think through circumstantial evidence you ll be able to do that. some people have a prejudice against circumstantial evidence. it s just as good as
news throughout the morning as we continue our coverage of the uprising in libya and now the uncertainty facing the gadhafi regime. we ll have updates on america this morning and also additional insight on good morning america and look for breaking news any time on abcnews.com. major development in the case of 10-year-old zahra baker, the disabled girl from north carolina who disappeared back in october. her spep mother has been charged with the murder. elisa baker has been in custody since zahra disappearance. she s also charged with obstructing justice in the investigation. now to a deadly collision in california involving a church bus that was packed with kids. the bus was returning from a christian retreat in twin peaks when it collided with an suv and then plunged off a mountain highway. the bus driver was killed and more than 20 people injured, most of them teenagers. here s kabc s rod mcmillan. reporter: vernal schultz just
you could see when you watched that how invested these investigators were. this little girl who fought cancer, had a prosthetic leg, hearing aids. she apparently had been abused for a very long time. look, price had lisa baker at the top of their list for a while. why did it take so long to arrest her officially? well, they had to find various pieces of her body and apparently the head was never recovered and that really made this investigation a tough go. and still has not been. that s correct. made this a real tough go for law enforcement. they had the fake ransom note allegedly written by elisa baker. she s charged with obstruction of justice, that put her behind bars. while she was behind bars the investigation rached up a notch. they were looking forred adam baker because elyisa said i didn t do it, adam did. she s now charged with second-degree murder and law enforcement has said they will not stop this investigation until day one of this trial. this is a very difficult
north carolina police are hoping 10-year-old zahra baker s killer is one step closer to justice. prosecutors have arrested her stepmom, elisa baker in what is a horrifying story of the abuse of a little disabled girl. zahra disappeared more than four months ago and investigators have only been able to find pieces of her body. they believe her stepmother dismembered her, desecrating the remains to cover up the killing. here s state police announcing the arrest. the indictment of second-degree murder on elisa baker today is a milestone of holding someone accountable that members of team zahra have been working towards since the first words spoken on that 911 call made october 9, 2010. susan is an msnbc senior legal analyst.
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