Missing baby Shannon Lea Dedrick was found under the bed of babysitter Susan Elizabeth Baker on Wednesday, November 4, 2009. According to police in Chipley, Florida, the baby had been placed in a box, and items had been arranged around the box in an attempt to hide her. In August 2009, Baker contacted the Florida Department of Children and Family Services and said that baby Dedrick "needs help and no one is helping her.:http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1316887.htmlhttp://abcnews.go.com/WN/florida-police-find-month-shannon-lea-dedrick-alive/story?id=9003873 Baker, her husband James and the baby's mother Chrystina Lynn Mercer will be criminally charged.
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Age 50 in 2009
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Resides in Chipley, Florida
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Baker's 3-year-old son Paul Leonard Baker disappeared in 1987
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Baker was questioned over the disappearance of her son; he was never found
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Susan Baker's criminal history includes a 1987 assault conviction
