Police: DNA evidence shows missing 10-year-old girl is dead

Police: DNA evidence shows missing 10-year-old girl is dead
By the CNN Wire Staff
November 12, 2010 5:27 p.m. EST

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Police determine that 10-year-old Zahra Baker is dead
NEW: DNA evidence showed that a discovered bone was Zahra's
Police have been searching for the girl since October 9
Her disappearance is being investigated as a homicide
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Zahra Clare Baker
Missing Children
North Carolina
Get the very latest details in the search for Zahra Baker tonight on "Nancy Grace" at 8 & 10 p.m. ET on HLN.
(CNN) -- The search for a freckle-faced 10-year-old North Carolina girl is over, with police announcing Friday that they had found her remains.
"We have recovered enough physical evidence to believe we have found Zahra (Baker)," said Hickory, North Carolina, police Chief Tom Adkins. "Today, our community mourns, our state mourns, our nation mourns, and the world mourns."

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