11-29-2010, 08:36 PM
the press was waiting to get these today.
damn. i know why they remained sealed, but i want to read them!
WSOC
HICKORY, N.C. -- Search warrants in the investigation into Zahra Baker’s disappearance and death will remain sealed, a judge ruled Monday.
The District Attorney’s Office filed a motion to keep the documents from becoming public just as they were about to be unsealed. Unsealing the warrants would undermine or jeopardize the state’s right to prosecute a defendant, the motion claimed.
A total of 11 search warrants in the case are sealed. Several are related to searches done at the Bakers’ Hickory home, which was left with holes in the walls, floors and ceilings after investigators scoured it for evidence. Other warrants involved information from the Facebook and MySpace accounts of Zahra Baker’s stepmother, Elisa Baker.
District Attorney Jay Gaither said the investigation is ongoing and keeping the warrants sealed is important to the integrity of the investigation.
Another hearing is set for Dec.13.
No one has been charged in Zahra’s death or disappearance. She was reported missing on Oct. 9, and more than a month later, remains that police believe are hers were found in a rural area of Caldwell County. Investigators are still awaiting the results of DNA and forensic testing on the remains and other evidence in the case.
Elisa Baker remains in jail on an obstruction of justice charge after police said she admitted to writing a fake ransom note regarding another child the day that Zahra was reported missing.
damn. i know why they remained sealed, but i want to read them!
WSOC
HICKORY, N.C. -- Search warrants in the investigation into Zahra Baker’s disappearance and death will remain sealed, a judge ruled Monday.
The District Attorney’s Office filed a motion to keep the documents from becoming public just as they were about to be unsealed. Unsealing the warrants would undermine or jeopardize the state’s right to prosecute a defendant, the motion claimed.
A total of 11 search warrants in the case are sealed. Several are related to searches done at the Bakers’ Hickory home, which was left with holes in the walls, floors and ceilings after investigators scoured it for evidence. Other warrants involved information from the Facebook and MySpace accounts of Zahra Baker’s stepmother, Elisa Baker.
District Attorney Jay Gaither said the investigation is ongoing and keeping the warrants sealed is important to the integrity of the investigation.
Another hearing is set for Dec.13.
No one has been charged in Zahra’s death or disappearance. She was reported missing on Oct. 9, and more than a month later, remains that police believe are hers were found in a rural area of Caldwell County. Investigators are still awaiting the results of DNA and forensic testing on the remains and other evidence in the case.
Elisa Baker remains in jail on an obstruction of justice charge after police said she admitted to writing a fake ransom note regarding another child the day that Zahra was reported missing.