is dateline. she s the little girl that one hard in a big city they called you the miracle baby, why did they call you. that shot in the head at point blank range, a crime scene that shocked, even hardened police. dorothy explorer pillow and it had blood on it. as she fought to live, this detective vowed to catch whoever left her, soon he turned up a promising lead. bells and whistles go off in my head. in the hospital she battled back. to know that she had survived was a pretty powerful moment. not just her body, but her mind. they was the guy that came in the daycare, and erika said don t let him hurt me. she had handed investigators what could be a vital clue. but would it be enough to crack the case? . hello and welcome to dateline. i m craig melvin. it all started when the crime but not even police could believe. a little girl, just a toddler. shot in the head deliberately, left for dead by a killer who then disappeared but a, defective vowed
she s the little girl who won the heart of a big city. they called you the miracle baby. why did they call you that? yay shot in the head at point blank range there was a pillow and it had blood on it. as she fought to live, this detective vowed to catch whoever left treated today. soon, he turned up a promising lead. in the hospital she battled back. to know that she had survived was a pretty powerful moment. not just her body but her mind. they come in the daycare and erica said don t let them heard me. investigators found what could be a vital clue but could it be enough to crack the case? hello, welcome to dateline. i m craig melvin. it all started with a crime that not even police could believe. a little girl. just a toddler. shot in the head, deliberately. left for dead by a killer who, then, disappeared. but a detective vowed to crack this case, no matter how long it took. one of the biggest attractions at the louisville zoo was a floppy you
on the carousel of life in louisville it was what everyone had been asking how was eric out the miracle baby doing. how you doing? but through it all other questions swirled to, what happened in the house on wilson avenue? with the man involved in the shootings pay for their crimes? we are on the record. those answers would come three years later april 2009 and a louisville court room, where james quisenberry and kenneth william stood trial for the murder of earon harper and the attempted murder of little erika. whatever the verdict, one man would not be there to hear it, harold harper facing the defendant was simply too much to bear. i couldn t look them in the eye without rage, i was just afraid that i would mess everything up. it was an emotional trial, co-prosecutor mark baker with two young daughters himself cried in his opening statement. once you determine that
board. virtually, impossible. would a little girl ever gain the strength, not only to recover, but to come back hole? and, would a dedicated detective not only crack his biggest case, but keep the emotional promise he had made? eric a story, beginning in a hard scramble neighborhood, in louisville, in this brick house, on wilson avenue. a two-year-old, wild about door of the explore, erica lived here with her mom, aaron harper. on may 18th, 2006, police got a frantic 9-1-1 call. when they arrived at the house, the man who made the call flagged them down. what was his state of mind? he was hysterical. what was he saying? there is a little girl here, a little girl. detective tom, and retired officer, larry riley, found a horrifying scene. a woman, almost certainly dead, on the floor. you can see a pool of blood.
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