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Elisa Baker’s Daughter Speaks


October 20, 2010 Press Conference
Catawba County Sheriff Tom Adkins and Caldwell County Sheriff Alan Jones

Investigators in the missing Zahra Baker case are currently searching a landfill for evidence in the case, though they say they do not expect to find Zahra’s body there. They said the search may take 5 days. The Sheriff said that “if we can find this evidence, we hope it will provide a good solid time line to assist us in working this case.”

Cheryl pointed out a good article that talks about Elisa Baker’s history and family. Her grown daughter, Amber Fairchild, came before the court to tell the judge that she believes her mom is a flight risk. Apparently, Elisa Baker, according to Fairchild, has been having an online relationship with a man in England (despite being married to Adam Baker) and has received $10,000 from this man. Fairchild also told the court that her mom talked of leaving North Carolina the day she was arrested.

Fairchild talked of having a difficult childhood. When asked if her mother, Elisa Baker “ever had a stable residence”, Fairchild said no.

To read my original thoughts on Zahra Baker’s father, Adam, click here.

Tiffany Hartley Wants DNA?

Look at how Tiffany Hartley responds when Andersen Cooper asks her how she’s been holding up. She can’t even conceal her smile. She says, “It’s hard because I just want my husband back. That’s all that I want.” As Tiffany says that is all that I want, she shakes her head no, ironically. Her facial expressions, body language and emotions are not matching her words at all. She is extremely inconsistent.

Tiffany Hartley talks about being afraid of being arrested again and this time she says it was because originally the Mexican authorities didn’t believe her story. But now she says she doesn’t fear that.

I can’t believe that Tiffany would talk about getting DNA. That has to be the strangest thing ever. Would DNA give Tiffany peace? Or would it help her in her mind prove her innocence?

Tiffany can’t get enough of the media spotlight. That’s for sure. I feel for David’s family.

Tiffany Hartley Speaks Again After Questioning

Tiffany Hartley can’t give an interview without contradicting herself. We could make this the theme of the day: What will Tiffany say today that is contradictory?

It’s sad, very sad.

In this interview, Tiffany says about her 16 hours of interviews, “Of course, hearing it over and over, and then reliving it over and over, it’s very emotional. I’ve cried (flash of eye-squinting anger) several times.”

What is so fascinating about this statement is that she doesn’t connect her media blitz with having to “tell the story over and over again and reliving it.”

Isn’t that ironic?

The two (media interviews and the Mexican authority interviews) are totally separate for Tiffany and it makes absolutely no sense that re-telling the story to one versus the other would be any different, if she is a true victim here.

On one level, when it is fun, she loves to rehash it and talk about all the details, or she wouldn’t have done dozens and dozens of interviews. And we’ve all seen her leak a gazillion smiles when she does it. But when she is being questioned by authorities, its not so fun then, so she complains.

She wants it both ways. I find that fascinating. You see, someone who is deceptive won’t think that detailed, and that is how clues leak out. Her true feelings, which are much deeper than all the details she is giving us, paints the true picture of how Hartley feels and when we look at what she is really saying, it paints a horrifying picture for us…the odds that she is being honest are rock bottom.

Tiffany is convinced at this point, even after the interviews, if you ask me, that she is getting her message across and in her mind people are believing her.

I love how Tiffany looks everyone in the eye when she says, “I have absolutely nothing to hide.” She is making a conscious effort here, if you want my opinion, to look everyone in the eye, which is a common trait of deceptive people, though it is not a certain tip-off by itself.

When Tiffany talks about leaving McAllen, she says, “I’m (suppressed smirk) the one that’s holding everybody back.” She gets joy out of that — that she is the puppet master, apparently. She fights it again when she says, “That’s me”.

There is nothing about this woman that sits right with me. You can read my original assessment of Tiffany early in the game here. And when I say game, it sure feels like a “game”. I believe she knows a whole hell of a lot more than she is telling us. I am wondering if David is alive and well somewhere at this point. What evidence do we have to say that he was killed? Do we have anything other than Tiffany’s word, which is absolutely unreliable in my opinion?

We don’t.

Update on Zahra Baker

To read my original thoughts on Zahra’s father, Adam Baker, click the on label below and scroll to the bottom.

Tiffany Hartley talks of Man Who was Decapitated

I was wondering if Tiffany Hartley would show any compassion for the investigator who was beheaded. I don’t see any reaction worth noting, which I find odd. It doesn’t bode well for her personality, sadly.

What is interesting is some of what Tiffany says about the investigator is true, I am sure and it can be used to gauge a baseline of her when she is honest. This interview is helpful for that…

You can read my original assessment of Tiffany Hartley here.