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'Snatched' Toddler's Body Found; Mom Grilled

Mom claimed she was knocked unconscious by kidnappers

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 20, 2009 3:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – Police are probing inconsistencies in a California mother's story of her daughter's abduction after the toddler's body was found in a ditch off a freeway, reports the Los Angeles Times. Stacy Barker, 20, said she was knocked unconscious in a Los Angeles area park by attackers who snatched 18-month-old Emma Leigh. She later indicated the girl's death was an accident.

Emma Leigh Barker's body was found in a ditch off a California freeway.
Emma Leigh Barker's body was found in a ditch off a California freeway.
Emma Leigh Barker.
Emma Leigh Barker.
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riffran
Mar 21, 2009 4:48 AM CDT
first of all political affiliation has nothing to do with this....second.....I have no compassion for baby killers....and if you define somebody who would kill an innocent child as merely needing help...then you are just as fucked up...IF she was the perp, yes give her the damn needle....MY definition of "sick" has no bearing on the facts.....somebody murdered a child...wait till it's YOUR child in the cross hairs, and see if you want to hold their hands and sing we are the world with them
Mad
Mar 20, 2009 12:37 PM CDT
... and, being a compassionate conservative, and a nurse, you will want to treat this sick individual, not simply incarcerate her, right? Or do you wish to give the death penalty to someone who is, by your definition, sick?
riffran
Mar 20, 2009 11:25 AM CDT
how the hell could somebody do that to a precious little girl.....sick sick

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