http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/21/north.carolina.slain.girl/index.html?hpt=T2Zahra was reported missing from her Hickory, North Carolina, home in October, and some of her dismembered remains were found a month later.
Elisa Baker, 42, "desecrated the victim's body to hinder detection, investigation and prosecution of the offense," the indictment handed up Monday said.
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"The defendant had a history and pattern of physical, verbal and psychological abuse of the victim," the indictment said.
This is just despicable.