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THE KENTUCKY ENQUIRER
AN EDITION OF THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2007
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Baker would admit guilt to skip jail
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Reds’ win streak
stands at three
Manager Jerry Narron,
ejected six pitches into the
game, wasn’t around to
see Aaron Harang pitch a
complete game to lead the
Reds to a 4-3 win over the
Houston Astros – their
third straight outstanding
pitching performance.
SPORTS C1
BATAVIA – Amy Baker
ended her battle against extradition to Kentucky on
Wednesday, and her attorney
said she is willing to plead
guilty to a Maysville charge of
tampering with evidence in
the death of Marcus Fiesel if it
won’t mean more jail time.
Baker, who has been in an
Ohio jail since surrendering
April 20, signed an extradition
waiver before Judge James
Shriver of Clermont County
Municipal Court.
She has until noon Tuesday
to change her mind.
“She’s going to Kentucky,”
said Norm Aubin, her courtappointed attorney, after
Wednesday’s hearing.
“She doesn’t understand
why this happened,” he said.
“And it’s hard to explain to her
why this happened when myself and the (Ohio) prosecutors are also at a loss to understand why this happened.”
Aubin had asked Ohio Gov.
Ted Strickland to refuse to
honor Kentucky’s extradition
Amy Baker
signs her
extradition
waiver
Wednesday
afternoon in
Clermont
County.
request because Baker was
granted immunity by Clermont County and Hamilton
County to testify against Liz
plea May 22.
Kentucky doesn’t have to
give her credit for the time
she has spent in the Clermont
County Jail while fighting extradition. Baker, 25, faces up
to five years in prison if convicted in Mason County, Ky.
“I’d plead guilty to anything
to get her out,” Aubin said,
“but she doesn’t do any jail
The Enquirer/
time out of it.”
Leigh Taylor
In arguing for no jail time,
and David Carroll Jr., the fos- Aubin plans to tell Kentucky
ter parents convicted of the prosecutors: “She helped conmurder of 3-year-old Marcus. vict two murderers. … She
Strickland rejected Baker’s was the key witness. Two
The Enquirer
Lack of rain
turning serious
Politician-turned-actor
Fred Thompson makes it
clear he plans to run for
president, and describes
how he aims to do it.
NATION A4
TB passenger
exposes system
The case of a globe-trotting tuberculosis patient
worries infection specialists, who say it shows how
vulnerable we are to killer
germs carried by travelers.
NATION & WORLD A2
WEATHER
High 88°
Low 61°
Partly sunny,
smog alert
COMPLETE FORECAST: B10
INDEX
Five sections, 167th year, No. 52
Abby .............. D2 Movies ........... D5
Business . A10-13 Obituaries ... B4,6
Comics .......... D4 Region ........... B3
Editorials ........ B8 Sports ............ C1
Lotteries ....... B10 TV .................. D2
Classified ..................................... E1-8
First Run Classified .......................... A8
Copyright, 2007, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Portions of
today’s Enquirer
were printed on
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See BAKER, Page A7
Colerain Township
girls died Tuesday
Fort Mitchell police took
computers, cameras and financial documents from
an apartment after a twomonth investigation into
an Internet sex site.
NORTHERN KENTUCKY B1
Fred Thompson no
longer being coy
county prosecutors (Don
White of Clermont County
and Joe Deters of Hamilton
County) went out on a limb to
give her immunity, and she
came through for them.”
During Liz Carroll’s murder trial, Baker testified she
accompanied David Carroll
when he burned Marcus’
body in Brown County and
threw the remains into the
Ohio River from the William
Harsha Bridge between Aberdeen, Ohio, and Maysville.
Deaths show
TWIN TITLES MAKE IT
A BANNER DAY FOR RYLE the perils of
teen driving
‘Wife Next Door’
Web site raided
With less than an inch this
month, Northern Kentucky is now officially in a
state of moderate drought.
The culprit: a high-pressure system hovering over
the Missouri River Valley,
keeping the rain at bay.
NORTHERN KENTUCKY B1
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The Enquirer/Jeff Swinger
Ryle’s Braylen Chandler celebrates after scoring in the seventh inning of Wednesday’s regional final. The Raiders
scored four runs in the seventh to beat Covington Catholic, 7-6. Ryle lost to Beechwood in last year’s final.
Late-inning heroics produce a pair of Raider titles
R
yle High School won a
pair of regional championships on Wednesday –
both in thrilling fashion.
The Ryle baseball team
proved its Enquirer Northern
Kentucky coaches’ poll title was
no fluke. The Raiders claimed
an even more important championship at Champion Window
Field, coming from behind to
beat Covington Catholic, 7-6.
Ryle senior right fielder Robert Layne won the game when
he hit a walk-off single over a
drawn-in CovCath outfield to
bring Garrett Wagner home
with the winning run.
gional title.
“The intensity just kept going
up and up,” Layne said. “Everybody just kept getting hits.”
On the softball side, Savanah
Briggs scored the game’s only
run on Kati Wilkerson’s hit in
the bottom of the seventh, beating Conner and giving the Raiders their third straight regional.
“As soon as the ball hit the
bat,
it was like, ‘Go! Go! Go!’
The Enquirer/Meggan Booker
When
(Briggs) crossed the
Ryle’s Kirsten Allen struck out 11 in
the Raiders’ 1-0 victory over Conner. plate, it was overwhelming. It
was like time stopped,” said
The hit capped a four-run rally pitcher Kirsten Allen, who
in the bottom of the seventh and struck out 11.
gave Ryle its first baseball re— Ryan Ernst
IN SPORTS: REGIONAL COVERAGE, C1
One wanted to be a nurse, the other a veterinarian.
But the lives of Lauren Dietz and Miranda Phelps
will never unfold as they and those who loved them had
planned.
The Colerain Township girls died
Tuesday after packing into the back
seat of a small car. A mile away and
about 30 minutes after school had let
out, they were dead. Three of their
friends were injured.
Family members said they had been
expecting all five teens at Miranda’s Dietz
home, where the family was to celebrate her 15th birthday with a special dinner.
The driver of the car, Chad Metzcar, 16, and two
brothers who were passengers, Dustin Linderman, 16,
and Derek Linderman, 14, were listed
in fair condition Wednesday at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Metzcar and Dustin Linderman
were wearing seat belts, according to
Hamilton County sheriff’s deputies.
Lauren Dietz, Miranda Phelps and Derek Linderman – riding in the back seat
of the Chevrolet Cavalier – were not.
Teens represent a small percentage Phelps
of drivers in Ohio and Kentucky, but
they cause a significantly higher percentage of accidents in both states.
Kentucky and Ohio implemented tough new laws
this spring, aimed at preventing wrecks like Tuesday’s.
New restrictions on young drivers make it illegal for
some teen drivers to have more than one teen who is
not a relative in the car unless a parent or guardian is on
board, or to be on the road late at night. The rules also
spell out extra penalties for young drivers who speed,
drive recklessly or break serious traffic laws.
More inside, B7
m Whether it was in the classroom, on the soccer field or
crooning into the karaoke machine, Miranda Phelps and
Lauren Dietz lit up their surroundings.
m Teens represent a small percentage of drivers, but statistics show they cause a high percentage of accidents.
m 16 and 17: The danger years for drivers.
How fast is a cheetah? See for yourself
By Jim Knippenberg
[email protected]
“The really cool thing,”
Catherine Hilker was saying,
“is that people spend two
weeks and a pile of money in
Africa and never get to see a
cheetah run. I’ve been to Africa 18 times and I’ve only seen
a chase once. Here, you’ll see
it twice a day.”
She was referring to Cheetah Encounter, an exhibit
opening Friday at Cincinnati
Zoo and Botanical Garden.
Located at the northern end of
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the upper parking lot, it’s a
100-yard long, 35-yard wide
track where cheetahs will run
near full speed, chasing a lure
that’s designed to follow several different courses so the
cheetahs don’t get wise to it.
Up to 450 people can watch
from bleachers.
Cincinnati is the first zoo in
the country with a cheetah run
on site and included with general admission. San Diego Zoo
has a run, but that’s at its off-site
Wild Animal Park and carries a
separate admission charge.
Cheetahs are the world’s
fastest land animals, clocked
at 60 mph over short distances, but zoos can’t let them run
because they don’t have a
long enough stretch for the
cats to build up speed.
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A cheetah skids to a stop as he chases a lure at the zoo’s
new Cheetah Encounter exhibit, which opens Friday.
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If you go
m What: Cheetah Encounter at Cincinnati Zoo and
Botanical Garden
m Where: 3400 Vine St.,
Avondale
m When: Cheetahs run at
11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Friday-Tuesday, June 1
through Sept. 3. The zoo is
open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
m Cost: Free with zoo admission: $12.95, $7.95
ages 2-12; $6.50 parking.
m Information:
513-281-4700;
www.cincinnatizoo.org