11-12-2010, 05:23 PM
From the Hickory Daily Record:
Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins confirmed Friday afternoon that the DNA taken from a bone found Nov. 3 at a search site along Christie Road in Caldwell County matched tha DNA of missing 10-year-old Zahra Baker.
Adkins said they had gathered enough evidence, including DNA samples from the Bakers' last home at 21 21st Avenue NW, to match the bone found near the site where Zahra's prosthetic leg was found Oct. 26, in the brush off Christie Road. The remains found at the Dudley Shoals site Wednesday are consistent with that of a child, Adkins said, and they have been sent to the SBI lab in Raleigh for examination and testing.
Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins confirmed Friday afternoon that the DNA taken from a bone found Nov. 3 at a search site along Christie Road in Caldwell County matched tha DNA of missing 10-year-old Zahra Baker.
Adkins said they had gathered enough evidence, including DNA samples from the Bakers' last home at 21 21st Avenue NW, to match the bone found near the site where Zahra's prosthetic leg was found Oct. 26, in the brush off Christie Road. The remains found at the Dudley Shoals site Wednesday are consistent with that of a child, Adkins said, and they have been sent to the SBI lab in Raleigh for examination and testing.