GARY — On Ja'Niyah McMichael's 13th birthday last April, her grandmother, Dalia Guerrero, had breakfast with her and took her shopping. After a full day of celebration, Guerrero dropped her ...

Ta'Niyah joined the ABC12 News team in April 2025. She was born and raised Detroit and studied journalism at Michigan State University. Ta'Niyah also has a master's degree in communication arts ...

Two twins from the midlands, Davon and Tavon Woods, organized a five-mile walk to celebrate what would have been Ka’Niyah Baker’s 14th birthday. The twins organized a walk for Baker in ...

Ja'Niyah McMichael, now 14, was reported missing by her mother on Aug. 12 from their home in the 1900 block of Malcolm X Boulevard. A balloon release was held Monday evening for Ja'Niyah.

The Gary Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Monday that the two agencies are working together to find Ja’Niyah McMichael, a 14-year-old girl who has been missing ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In the wake of the brutal death of 13-year-old Ka’Niyah Baker, members of law enforcement continue to speak out about the epidemic of teen violence. Now, a video from Richland ...

The victim, identified as Ka'Niyah Baker, was reported missing on Jan. 12, police said. Her body was found in an abandoned home following a fire in the Capital Heights neighborhood a few days ...

Ka'Niyah Baker, 13, was found dead after a fire in Capital Heights, South Carolina, police said. Columbia Police Department Two teenage girls have been charged in the “heinous” murder of a ...

It took DNA evidence for that to occur. “Ka’Niyah was bludgeoned, stabbed, and burned,” Rutherford said before adding that the official cause of death for Baker was blunt force trauma.

Those are the opening words Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook used to describe the killing of a 13-year-old Ka’Niyah Baker, whose body was found on Jan. 15 in an abandoned South Carolina house.

Police are treating her death as a suspected murder. Coroner Naida Rutherford said 13-year-old Ka'Niyah Baker was found in a house in the 100 block of Cardamon Court on Wednesday. Columbia ...