Stepmum pleads guilty to Zahra's death

Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 15th September, 2011

THE stepmother of Australian girl Zahra Baker has pleaded guilty to her death, almost a year after the freckle-faced 10-year-old disappeared in the United States. Elisa Baker, 43, entered a courtroom in North Carolina on Thursday wearing a hot-pink jail jumpsuit and handcuffs. Sitting  between two defence lawyers, she broke into tears before...

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