Remembering Frezja Baker

Life and memory

Frezja Matisse Baker was a 31-year-old resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, known to her family and friends as a vibrant, bubbly, and deeply loving person. Described by her aunt as someone who inherently trusted people and sought out the good in others, Frezja was incredibly family-oriented. Her central focus was her 2-year-old son, whom her friends noted she called every single day and night without fail. She maintained close ties with her brother, father, and extended family, who remember her as a resilient friend and an exceptionally dedicated, doting mother.

Timeline of known events

• 2025-12-12 12:12:00 Suspect Arrest
  Inman was arrested on Friday, December 12, 2025, by the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (VCAT) in Maxton, North Carolina, approximately 100 miles southeast of Charlotte. He was transferred to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office.
• 2025-12-15 03:19:00 Charges filed
  Inman is formally charged with Murder, Assault on a Female, and a Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence. from timeline preset button.
• 2025-12-04 22:30:00 Detailed Timeline of Disappearance
  Frezja dropped off her 2-year-old son at his grandparents' house on Thursday, December 4, 2025. She called her brother around 10:30 PM stating she was an hour away from returning, which was the last time her family spoke to her. Surveillance video later tracked her and Inman at a Mobil gas station on LaSalle Street at 9:52 PM that same night.
• Date pending Surveillance Video Evidence
  Surveillance footage from the Mobil gas station on December 4 reportedly showed Inman physically assaulting Frezja inside the store—pushing her, grabbing the back of her neck, and throwing an object at her—before they left together in her car.
• 2025-12-11 09:35:00 Discovery of the Victim
  Frezja was officially reported missing on December 6, 2025. Her body was found on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at approximately 9:35 AM inside the front passenger seat of her gray-blue 2004 Honda Accord. The vehicle was parked behind an abandoned church in the 2300 block of Sanders Avenue in northwest Charlotte (Washington Heights neighborhood). She had suffered apparent head trauma and was wearing the same clothes seen in the gas station video.

Prevention context

This case highlights critical system gaps regarding systemic accountability for repeat domestic violence offenders: • The "Lover's Quarrel" Minimization: In July 2021, just months after being released on a plea deal, Inman was charged with punching a woman in the face. The charges were dismissed when the victim recanted, calling it a "misunderstanding"—a common dynamic in intimate partner violence driven by fear or coercion that often halts early judicial intervention. • Probation and Treatment Limitations: Inman was placed on 24 months of supervised probation in late 2021 and ordered into an abuser treatment program. Despite these court-mandated interventions and a subsequent active $100,000 warrant for failing to report to his probation officer, he remained free in the community. • Overturned Severe Convictions: Inman's ability to remain on the streets despite a 2019 conviction for attempted first-degree murder (which carried a 13-to-17-year sentence before being overturned on a technicality in 2020) underscores how legal procedural reversals can inadvertently place high-risk, chronically violent individuals back into public spaces without immediate, heightened surveillance.