12.Deadly.Little.Secrets.2012 (17 page)

Kari on her wedding day surrounded by her mother
and aunts, the women who would become Charlie’s Angels. Left to right: Jennifer,
Kay, Kari, Linda and Nancy.

They looked like the perfect family: the
Reverend Matt Baker, Kensi, Kassidy, and Kari.

Friends say Kari doted on her girls, Kensi and
Kassidy. At first both Baker girls looked happy and healthy, but that would
change.

In her darkest times, Kari poured her grief into
three journals, yearning for the return of all she’d lost.

The church members at Williams Creek erected a
prayer garden in front of the church.

Kari named Grace, saying the child was by the
grace of God: here, the Baker family in 2003: Grace, Matt, Kari, and Kensi.

Kari playing in the snow, with Kensi and
Grace.

Kari with Kensi and Grace at a church
function.

The prim, redbrick house on Crested Butte where
the Bakers moved in 2005.

Kari and Jenny Monsey joking around in the
church kitchen with balloon breasts.

At the girls’ sporting events, Kari was always
in the stands cheering them on.

In her Bible, Kari wrote a plea to God, asking
him to protect her from harm.

The Unisom bottle and the suicide note.