( CNN ) -- The stepmother of a disabled girl whose remains were found after she went missing in North Carolina has been indicted on a bigamy charge . Elisa Baker , the stepmother of Zahra Baker , 10 , is accused of marrying the girl 's father before divorcing her previous husband , a Catawaba County court official said Tuesday . The family made international news late last year after the freckled-faced young girl went missing from their home in Hickory , North Carolina . The girl lost part of her left leg at age 5 and lost hearing in both ears while being treated for cancer . Police found Zahra 's remains on November 11 , just over a month after she was reported missing . Elisa Baker was charged with obstruction of justice after she admitted to planting a fake ransom note . Documents released after Zahra 's remains were found tell a grisly story . The stepmother told police the girl was killed two weeks before she was reported missing , according to search warrants . She said the disabled girl 's body was dismembered and disposed of in various locations , documents show . A search warrant dated October 27 shows police were looking for latex gloves used to dismember Zahra and trash bags used to store the remains . No one has been directly charged in the girl 's death .
The disabled girl 's remains were found after she went missing in North Carolina . They were found November 11 , just over a month after she was reported missing . Authorities say the stepmother married Zahra 's father before divorcing her previous husband .