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COLUMBIA, S.C.

As authorities continue investigating the brutal murder of a 13-year-old girl in Richland County earlier this month, Coroner Naida Rutherford is concerned that too many people bring up that she was a runaway.

“It’s a cautionary tale for teens who may be running away and think that there is no danger in it, but I don’t like the fact that she was a runaway keeps being brought up,” Rutherford said. “She didn’t deserve to die.”

On Jan. 15, 2025 13-year-old Ka’Niyah Baker, a reported runaway, was found dead inside a burning home, located at 114 Cardamon Court in Columbia. Authorities say she was brutally beaten and murdered.