CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Residents of Caldwell County were remembering Zahra Baker on what would have been her 18th birthday Thursday.
Jake and Pricilla Icenhour placed balloons Thursday morning around the little girl’s memorial east of Hudson.
Some of Zahra's remains were found feet from the memorial in 2010. She was just 10 years old when she disappeared.
Read our past coverage:
- Autopsy: Zahra Baker may have been killed 2 weeks before reported missing
- Police: Skull found last year is that of Zahra Baker
- Couple pays special tribute to Zahra at memorial site
- City officials want special tree house built at Zahra Baker memorial site
Icenhour hopes the balloons and the memorial remind people to report child abuse when they see it.
"If this helps one kid -- just one -- all the money, the pain is worth it,” said Jake. “Just one kid."
[RELATED: Elisa Baker speaks from prison about murder of 10-year-old Zahra]
Zahra's stepmother, Elisa Baker, is serving a nearly 20-year prison sentence for second-degree murder and an additional 10 years for drug-related charges.
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