welcome sign for illegal aliens. and just plain bizarre. tonight, we crown the worst of the worst. announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, october 19th, 2010. good evening, i m terry moran. and we re going to begin tonight with the hunt for a missing child in north carolina. 10-year-old zahra parker, who at such a young age had already lost of left leg to cancer. was last seen by someone outside her family in september. her step-mother, lisa baker. she faces felony obstruction of justice charges in relation to this case. but that is only one of many complications facing north carolina authorities. tonight, yunji de nies has our report. reporter: it began the way these stories sadly so often do. a missing little girl, her smiling face sent in amber alerts and a father s desperate plea for help. i just hope i can get my dau daughter back. i miss her so much. reporter: b
announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, october 19th, 2010. good evening, i m terry moran. and we re going to begin tonight with the hunt for a missing child in north carolina. 10-year-old zahra parker, who at such a young age had already lost of left leg to cancer. was last seen by someone outside her family in september. her step-mother, lisa baker. she faces felony obstruction of justice charges in relation to this case. but that is only one of many complications facing north carolina authorities. tonight, yunji de nies has our report. reporter: it began the way these stories sadly so often do. a missing little girl, her smiling face sent in amber alerts and a father s desperate plea for help. i just hope i can get my dau daughter back. i miss her so much. reporter: but from the beginning, something different add up. and this husband seemed to implicate his wife. do