Zahra Baker, a murdered child

[Moonsmuse]

I am new and happened across this board via a link on Facebook. I've been following this case since the sad beginning and live in N.C. about an hour's drive from where Zahra was murdered.

I've been a member of various crime boards, off and on, and this seems to be a place where you can really discuss things.

I've noticed that in several photos of Zahra she was wearing a lot of makeup. I know it's common for little girls to start being interested in such things at around Zahra's age, but not to the level she was 'made up' in some of the photos. Maybe some lip gloss and a little blush and mascara, but little Zahra had on the whole deal...eyeliner, etc. Compound that with the creepy thing her so called father said about her "coming into puberty" *shiver* and that makes me wonder exactly what was happening to her.

Has anyone else noticed this? This whole case gives me chills. I've followed a lot of missing and murdered childrens' cases but this one goes beyond the pale where such crimes are concerned.

And of course I don't mean one death or mistreatment of a child is actually worse, per se. It just seems to me that Zahra had nothing but suffering in her life.