Although Adam Baker left the United States more than two months ago, the district attorney’s office did not dismiss pending charges against him and an order for his arrest was issued Monday when he did not show up in Caldwell County District Court.

Baker is the father of Zahra Baker. The 10-year-old cancer survivor was found dead, her body dismembered, in Caldwell County in the fall of 2010. Baker’s wife, Elisa, pleaded guilty to Zahra’s murder in September 2011. Baker, 34, was not charged in Zahra’s death.