[1] At age seven, her mother no longer took part in her life and her father returned to Africa, leaving her in the custody of a family friend.
[1] She was subsequently adopted in Baltimore by WBAL-TV anchor Edie House, whose parents also provided additional support.
[1][2] When Baderinwa was 12, her birth mother eventually took her in to live with her family in nearby Montgomery County.
[2] There, she anchored the morning and noon newscasts and also hosted a weekly community affairs show.
[4] On the evening of July 23, 2004, while preparing a report on location outside of 257 Hudson Street in Hackensack, New Jersey about local flooding, she was struck by a hit and run driver who went through police lines, and was rendered unconscious following the collision.