Feb. 7, 1999: Erica Nicole Baker, 9, disappears while walking her dog in Kettering, Ohio, a Dayton suburb. Erica lived with her grandparents, her mother and three brothers a few blocks from the park area where she was last seen. The dog returned home, trailing its leash. Searchers scour 146 square miles in five days; the national TV show, America's Most Wanted, features the case.
May 1999: Actress Sarah Jessica Parker, a former Cincinnatian, makes a public-service announcement about the case for TV and radio broadcasts, appealing for leads.
Feb. 4, 2000: After investigating 4,000 tips, Kettering police say they have four likely suspects. They don't identify them. The girl's closest relatives are cleared.
August 2001: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provides an artist's age-progression rendering, showing what Erica, who was 9 when she disappeared, might look like at age 12.
To this day, Erica's body has not been found. Her parents, Greg and Misty, live with the loss of their child and without the knowledge of her fate.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children & Endangered Missing
1-800-843-5678
Feb. 7, 1999: Erica Nicole Baker, 9, disappears while walking her dog in Kettering, Ohio, a Dayton suburb. Erica lived with her grandparents, her mother and three brothers a few blocks from the park area where she was last seen. The dog returned home, trailing its leash. Searchers scour 146 square miles in five days; the national TV show, America's Most Wanted, features the case.
May 1999: Actress Sarah Jessica Parker, a former Cincinnatian, makes a public-service announcement about the case for TV and radio broadcasts, appealing for leads.
Feb. 4, 2000: After investigating 4,000 tips, Kettering police say they have four likely suspects. They don't identify them. The girl's closest relatives are cleared.
August 2001: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provides an artist's age-progression rendering, showing what Erica, who was 9 when she disappeared, might look like at age 12.
To this day, Erica's body has not been found. Her parents, Greg and Misty, live with the loss of their child and without the knowledge of her fate.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children & Endangered Missing
1-800-843-5678
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