UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Killer N.C. stepmom faces drug charges

|
 
Published: Jan. 3, 2012 at 4:52 PM

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Elisa Baker, the North Carolina woman convicted of killing her 10-year-old stepdaughter, faces a plea hearing for federal drug-related charges, authorities say.

Baker, 43, indicted by a federal grand jury last May on seven counts involving prescription painkillers, will have a plea hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, the Hickory Daily Record reported.

Baker's attorney has filed documents indicating a deal had been worked out with prosecutors, the newspaper said.

Baker is the stepmother of Zahra Baker, the young Australian cancer survivor found dismembered in Caldwell County in the fall of 2010.

Baker pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 14-18 years in prison.

If convicted of all the drug charges, she could face a maximum penalty of 115 years in prison and a fine of $4.2 million.

Topics: Zahra Baker
Recommended Stories
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional U.S. News Stories
1 of 18
Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
View Caption
A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
fark
Licensed volunteer wildlife rehabilitators help nurse animals back to health so they can reenter...
Oklahoma tornado thread #3. LGT live updates/streaming
██ ████ to know if ███ ██████████ ██ ███████...
A church gave out free $25 Chik-fil-A gift cards to straight married couples attending its "Day...
18' 8" Burmese python, about 10 pair of boots, caught on side of the road
Amazing: Matching all six Powerball numbers. Fark: On a ticket you bought too late