Prosthetic leg discovered in search for Zahra Baker - Charlotte Observer

Posted: Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010

Search crews scouring a wooded area Wednesday found a prosthetic leg that could belong to Zahra Baker, the 10-year-old Hickory girl missing for almost three weeks and presumed dead.

The leg was found in an area off Christie Road in Caldwell County, Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins said. He also said crews have returned to the family's home in Hickory to search for any additional evidence there Wednesday.

Adkins said crews have found some additional evidence there, but wouldn't say what that evidence was.

Zahra used a prosthetic leg after losing one of her legs to bone cancer at age 5. She was reported missing Oct. 9, but police said they haven't found anyone besides her father and stepmother who report seeing her alive since Sept. 25.

The search for her has taken law enforcement from her house in Hickory to rural land outside Morganton, from houses the family used to live in near Granite Falls to a Caldwell County landfill and many other sites.

So far, searchers have come up empty in the hunt for her body. Police believe Zahra is dead.

Her stepmother, Elisa Baker, was charged with obstruction of justice after police say she admitted writing a phony ransom note. Elisa Baker was brought to several search sites Tuesday, and authorities said she was cooperating with the investigation. Zahra's father Adam Baker was arrested this week on unrelated charges of assault and writing bad checks.

No one has been charged in Zahra's disappearance.

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Gliese 581g, New Planet Discovered 2010, New Earth? - Gossip Jackal

New Planet Found 20 Light Years Away

Earlier this week, Astronomers discovered a new planet, Gilese 581G. According to astronomers, this new planet could actual have inhabitants, as it is close to earth in its attributes, however it’s daytime on the planet all throughout the year, the sun shines continuously 24 hours a day.

Even though evidence show that the planet can sustain extraterrestrial life, astronomers still do not know if the planet has any form of intelligent life. Edward Seidel from The National Science Foundation stated, “If we do discover life outside our planet, it would perhaps be the most significant discovery of all time.

Gliese 581g is 20 light years away from the Earth, so it may be years before any more information is known about the planer or if the is other life forms out there.

Gliese 581g, New Planet Discovered 2010, New Earth?

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