Ruth Baker is so excited. She’s on her way to collect her youngest child, 10-year-old Scotty Baker at school instead of him taking the bus to his grandma’s house. She wants to spend some extra time with him before he goes traveling with his father long hall trucking over the Thanksgiving weekend. The couple were divorced, and this was the first Thanksgiving she would be without her youngest child. “He’s going to be so surprised. I can’t wait to see his face light up when he sees me.”

Ruth drives to Paces Creek Elementary school with her older daughter. Ruth stays in the car while her daughter goes to collect Scotty. “There’s no way he’ll expect me and his sister to collect him. He’ll be so happy.” All of these thoughts must have been going through Ruth’s head while she waits for her daughter to bring Scotty out.

Ruth waits and waits.

Then she sees her daughter exiting the school but, no Scotty. “where’s your brother?” “I don’t know he’s not in school, I asked his friends and his teachers.”

There’s no way Ruth Baker could have ever guessed that she would never see her beloved son, scotty again. And the reason? Pure unadulterated jealously.

This is the case where a fully grown adult’s green-eyed monster would lash out and end the life of a 10-year-old boy. The Jealous Stepmum: The murder of Donald ‘Scotty’ Baker.

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References:

Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Charge She Strangled Her Stepson - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

Woman who killed stepson has parole hearing | The Seattle Times

Abduction Facts & Statistics - Keep Your Child Safe.org

Baker v. Clay County Bd. of Educ., 871 F. Supp. 930 (E.D. Ky. 1994) :: Justia

Donald “Scotty” Baker (1982-1992) - Find a Grave Memorial

Clay County murderer will serve out life sentence (wymt.com)

The FBI Files. season 4 Episode 16 Betrayed.

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