Baker died of a gunshot wound to the back that exited through her chest and was pronounced dead at the scene on Cass Avenue near Weinbach Avenue.
No gun was recovered, though police found four shell casings that belonged to the same rifle nearby.
Investigation Discovery’s ‘The Murder Tapes: The Man in the Red Shirt’ focuses on Jamie’s sudden death and the circumstances leading up to it.
Jamie Baker, the wife of Johnny Baker and mother of three beautiful children, resided in Indiana at the time of the tragic incident.
Her family and friends profoundly loved Jamie. She was described as a very loving and kindhearted individual.
The events leading upto Jamie’s brutal murder involve her breaking down Evansville, Indiana, in the early hours of June 5, 2017.
Jamie was accompanied by her friend Michael Turpin, and the two of them were walking towards another friend’s house.
When Michael and Jamie were walking toward the friend’s house, they came across a man in the Walgreens parking lot who seemed quite angry.
A few minutes later, they noticed that the seemingly angry individual had started following them.
Immediately after, he yelled for them to get on the ground. At this point, Michael asked Jamie to run away. Upon seeing Jamie run, the robber fired three to four shots in Jamie’s direction and ran away in the opposite direction.
At around 2 AM, a distraught Michael called 911 to report that someone shot Jamie, but he couldn’t tell where she was hurt because it was dark.
When the authorities arrived, they found Jamie lying face down in someone’s front yard. The 40-year-old was shot once in the back, with the bullet exiting through her chest. Jamie was pronounced dead at the scene. The police then found .40-caliber shell casings nearby.
Who killed Jamie Baker?
A thorough investigation accompanied by help from witnesses and surveillance cameras revealed that Jamie’s murderer was then 20-year-old Deryan Cook.
Days later, the police arrested Deryan at an apartment. He was there with many others, and the murder weapon was never recovered. A woman told the authorities that Deryan had a .40 caliber gun he had disposed of earlier.
During questioning, Deryan initially denied having anything to do with the shooting but later admitted to being at the scene.
His story of the incident was entirely different from that of the prosecutors. According to Cook, he was with an acquaintance who expressed their wish to rob someone.
He claimed to be out of sight of Baker, Turpin, and the shooter when the shooting happened but said he heard gunfire. Cook never told investigators he was the shooter.
