Prime suspect in disappearance of native lady pleads to assault cost in Oregon2 min read

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) — The one individual to be convicted within the disappearance of Erica Baker has been arrested in Oregon on assault costs.

Christian Gabriel was arrested on October 3, 2023, on an assault cost from August in Roseburg, Oregon. Police inform us he was additionally cited for possession of methamphetamine.

Court docket officers in Douglas County, Oregon, inform us he pleaded No Contest to the assault cost. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and a $500 tremendous. He additionally has to keep away from his sufferer.

This arrest was not related to the Erica Baker case.

9-year-old Erica Baker disappeared on February 7, 1999, whereas strolling her canine close to the Kettering Rec Middle. The prime suspect within the case, Christian Gabriel, admitted to hitting Erica together with his van however has by no means led police to her physique.

Gabriel spent six years in jail for Baker’s disappearance after being convicted of Gross Abuse of a Corpse and Tampering with Proof.

Gabriel was launched from jail in 2011 and left the Dayton space quickly after.

Erica Baker’s disappearance has haunted the Miami Valley for greater than 20 years. A staff of investigators from Dayton 24/7 Now started wanting into her disappearance final 12 months and produced the Lacking Erica Baker podcast, which received two regional Edward R. Murrow awards. We tracked Gabriel to Oregon final 12 months after he’d been evicted from an residence he was renting.

Our podcast staff had entry to proof by no means publicly seen and was embedded with investigators and volunteers as they looked for Erica’s stays in an space park. If in case you have any details about the disappearance of Erica Baker, please name the Kettering Police Division at 937-296-2555.

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