Updated: Elisa Baker says Zahra died Sept. 24

Relative: Zahra died of natural causes

Credit: ROBERT C. REED / RECORD FILE PHOTO

Elisa Baker, stepmother of Zahra Clare Baker, walks into district court to appear before District Court Judge Gregory Hayes at a previous hearing.

Other information included in the search warrants:

-Elisa was recently involved in a sexual relationship with another man

-Elisa and this man have maintained contact and communication via telephone and...

Other information included in the search warrants:

-Elisa was recently involved in a sexual relationship with another man

-Elisa and this man have maintained contact and communication via telephone and in person on a frequent basis.

-Medical records for Elisa Baker from Appalachian Regional RHU, Broughton Hospital, Carolinas Medical Center in Lincolnton, Cleveland Regional Medical Center, a Connelly Springs doctor, Crown Health Care, Granite Falls Primary Care Physicians, Grace Hospital in Morganton or Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, to determine if she had received help for drug abuse or mental health treatment.

-Department of Social Services information from Elisa's three biological children...

By: Sarah Newell williamson | Hickory Daily Record
Published: January 04, 2011
Updated: January 06, 2011 - 10:59 AM

NEWTON --

Zahra Baker was likely killed on Sept. 24, and her body disposed of the following day, according to new search warrants released Tuesday. She was not reported missing until about two weeks later.

Elisa has also been arrested on several other charges unrelated to Zahra's disappearance. Adam was arrested, as well, on several charges unrelated to the case, but is out of jail on bond.

The Associated Press is reporting that Elisa Baker told a relative that Zahra died of natural causes.

In the search warrants, Elisa maintains that Adam dismembered Zahra's limbs and they disposed of them in several locations.

All search warrants in the Zahra Baker investigation were unsealed Tuesday.

Using, the GPS location in her cell phone, investigators could show that on Sept. 25, Elisa was in the areas where parts of Zahra have been recovered. Those areas include a bone and her prosthesis on Christie Road and part of her remains on Dudley Shoals Road, both in Caldwell County. From the information provided by Elisa, Adam was not in the area where Zahra was disposed of, according to his GPS location.

The search warrants also state that Elisa Baker purchased a bed prior to Oct. 12, when Angie Foster was interviewed by Capt. Thurman Whisnant and Sgt. Brett Porter with the Hickory Police Department. The investigators were speaking to the woman about the disappearance of Zahra, according to a search warrant from Oct. 19. In the warrant, it says Foster had spoken with Elisa several times about the purchase of a bed, although she was uncertain of the exact day Elisa bought it.

Investigators requested the records for several people who could be involved in the case, including the person Elisa was having an affair with and one of Elisa's former husbands, Aaron Young.

The search warrants also said Elisa and Aaron were not divorced before she and Adam were married. According to a Nov. 29 search warrant, Elisa told Adam that Aaron was her brother.

Investigators asked for access to cell phone numbers for several people, including Aaron Young. However, no one has been arrested yet in connection with the case.