I have mixed feelings about this one. She is guilty, and deserves to spend a long time locked away. On the other hand she made a deal with prosecuters that gave her immunity for her testemony that led to life convictions for the other two responsible parties. If immunity deals are not honored we run the risk of other people with information not coming forward to help lock these sort of people away.
An extradition hearing is scheduled today for Amy Baker before Clermont County Municipal Court Judge James Shriver.
Mason County officials in Kentucky want Baker, 25, to face charges of tampering with evidence.
She accompanied David Carroll in August when he tossed the remains of his foster child, Marcus Fiesel, 3, over the side of the William H. Harsha Bridge between Aberdeen, Ohio, and Mason County.
Baker has been in the Clermont County jail since surrendering April 20.
The case presents a legal predicament, however, because Baker was told by Ohio prosecutors last year that she would not be charged in exchange for her testimony.
Liz and David Carroll received life prison sentences earlier this year in Batavia after they were convicted in Marcus' murder.
Marcus died in Clermont County and David Carroll burned his body his Brown County but most of the Ohio River belongs to Kentucky.
If convicted in Kentucky, Baker could be sentenced to five years in prison.
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