Adkins said that the prosthetic leg is `` consistent with '' that of Zahra , a freckle-faced youngster who lost her leg to bone cancer at age 5 and developed lung cancer a few years later , according to CNN affiliate WCNC . 2016 : FBI and police searched late into the night inside Zahra Baker 's home . Police earlier used a backhoe and rakes to outside the missing girl 's home . Police say a prosthetic leg they believe belonged to the year - old girl has been found . Both the father and stepmother have been arrested , mostly on unrelated charges .
2016 : FBI and police searched late into the night inside Zahra Baker 's home . Police earlier used a backhoe and rakes to outside the missing girl 's home . Police say a prosthetic leg they believe belonged to the year - old girl has been found . Both the father and stepmother have been arrested , mostly on unrelated charges .