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[Angel Who Cares]

State apologizes for letter sent to missing girl's mom
September 29, 2009
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As she marked three months since her daughter vanished, Melissa Baum of McCleary got a disturbing letter from the state.

She was informed her ex-husband would no longer be required to pay child support for eleven year old Lindsey, because her child hadn't been home for three months.

"I still have to maintain a house for her, I still have to maintain a life for her. This is not a normal case. She is a child that has been abducted, she's missing." Baum said on Tuesday.

State child support spokesman Adolpho Capenstany says the letter sent to Melissa Baum was a form letter that routinely goes out after 90-days of a child being out of the home and he admits it should not have been sent in this case. "It's not a procedure that we would instigate in the manner it was, and it's also insensitive to a very difficult situation regarding a missing child." Capenstany said.

Article:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=218867

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Person of interest in girl's disappearance
September 29, 2009
Updated 23 minutes ago
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Investigators now call the man whose home was searched over the weekend in the Lindsay Baum case a person of interest.

Steve Shumate with the Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office says they are not calling the man a suspect, "There were a number of things, I think in general terms, it was just some inconsistencies with respect to what he had said."

Shumate says evidence gathered at his home still needs to be analyzed. The man was interviewed by police and then released.

The man has now threatened suit against law enforcement for being wrongfully targeted.

Article:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=218861

 

[Angel Who Cares]

McCleary man receiving death threats in Baum case
Story Published: Sep 29, 2009 at 5:41 PM PDT
Story Updated: Sep 29, 2009 at 6:45 PM PDT
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Frustration is boiling over in this small Western Washington town where a weekend search for Lindsay Baum failed to turn up a break in the case. And a local family says their son, who has received death threats, has unfairly become the town's scapegoat.

KOMO News has learned the young man was working at the Bee Hive Retirement Center at the time of the 11-year-old girl's disappearance. The girl was last seen in front of the center.

The man's family members and his next-door neighbor say he was at home when the girl vanished.

"That's terrible. That's how rumors start. That's how small towns are, though," said McCleary resident Mike Stoney. "You can get into a big area and you probably wouldn't hear anything like you're hearing now. Small towns are terrible for rumors."

Feeding the rumor mill are blog sites where local residents have engaged in non-stop chatter and speculations about Lindsay Baum's disappearance.

"I'm sure there's a small percentage in this community that are frustrated, that want this thing taken care of now and stop all of the melee, so to speak. But I think for a lot of us in the area here, too, we're just holding steadfast and hoping for the best," said Steve Saylor, another McCleary resident.

The sheriff's office will unseal the search warrants later this week, at which time the contents found during last week's search will be made public.

Investigators comb a site near McCleary on Friday after search warrants were issued in connection with the disappearance of Lindsey Baum, 11.

Video: McCleary man receiving death threats in Baum case 2:35
Frustration is boiling over in this small Western Washington town where a weekend search for Lindsay Baum failed to turn up a break in the case. And a local family says their son, who has received death threats, has unfairly become the town's scapegoat.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/62753227.html?video=YHI&t=a

Article:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/62753227.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Man receiving death threats in girl's disappearance
September 29, 2009 11:07 p.m. PT
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For two days, sheriff's detectives and FBI agents swarmed over the 11-acre property of an extended local family just south of town. Deputies said the search did not turn up any key evidence linking the place with the girl's disappearance.

"They didn't find a smoking gun. There's nothing to say they didn't find clues," said Melissa Baum, the missing girl's mother. "I'm hoping they did find or at least gather some information that may help us find her."

The search may not have turned up any key evidence, but the owners of the searched property say they're still paying the price. They say the search left a cloud over their reputation, and has even prompted death threats against the family's 23-year-old son.

KOMO News has learned the young man was working at the Bee Hive Retirement Center at the time of the 11-year-old girl's disappearance. The girl was last seen in front of the center.

The sheriff's office will unseal the search warrants later this week, at which time the contents found during last week's search will be made public.

Article:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/410651_mccleary30.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

The Ron & Don Show
Monday, September 28, 2009
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3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Both the Huskies and the Seahawks lost. Don called the Husky game but he said that if Seneca Wallace played then the Seahawks would win. Don did not know why the Seahawks were wearing the bright green jerseys. Don did not know that Coach Mora was a hot head like his father. Coach Mora did come out and apologize for the comments he made about Olindo Mare. Don thanks members of The Nation to attended the vigil for Lindsey Baum. KIRO movie critic Tom Tangney provides perspective on Roman Polanski.

Audio:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090928_3pm.mp3
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The Ron & Don Show
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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3:00 pm-4:00 pm
An update in the Lindsey Baum case as authorities acknowledge a "person of interest" in the case. Toyota recalls floor mats following a fatal accident involving a stuck accelerator. Homeless people camp in front of Mayor Nickels' house.

Audio:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090929_3pm.mp3
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The Ron & Don Show
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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4:00 pm-5:00 pm
More on the Lindsey Baum case. Imminent flooding in Kent and the lack of flood insurance has Ron up in arms. The gang-related beating death of an innocent Chicago honor student sparks outrage and questions over Obama's priorities as he heads to Copenhagen to promote Chicago's bid for the Olympics.

Audio:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090929_4pm.mp3
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The Ron & Don Show
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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6:00 pm-7:00 pm
More on Lindsey Baum. Courtney Love reveals she was down to just $14, and a member of the Nation struggling with his heroin addiction calls to tell us that scenario is entirely possible. USC running back injured in freak weightlifting accident. And a recap of the Toyota floor mat recall.

Audio:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090929_6pm.mp3
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The Ron & Don Show
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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6:00 pm-7:00 pm
News As We See It: F-16s intercept unresponsive pilot, and military vets call in to describe the mission of "ready-alert pilots." Has Bob Dylan sold out with his deal with CitiBank? Don responds to emails about Lindsey Baum, and salutes the Class of '38.

Audio:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090930_6pm.mp3

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Homeowner Posts List Of Items Seized In McCleary Search
Posted: 7:42 am PDT October 2, 2009
Updated: 8:34 am PDT October 2, 2009
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A McCleary homeowner angry over a search for evidence in a missing girl case has posted a list of items police took from the home.

The homeowner posted the documents on a forum, detailing what police removed from the house and explaining where each item came from.

The documents show police took clothes, film, computer equipment, condoms and a "bag with green vegetation" that the homeowner described as "weed."

The homeowner told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Richard Thompson that "they didn't find anything here because we didn't do anything to that little girl."

A relative of the man who was the focus of the search said that "the only reason they were doing this search is, he gave a wrong answer to a question by a detective on the telephone."

The homeowner has contacted a lawyer and is considering a lawsuit.

UNCUT VIDEO: Police Team Searches McCleary Property
http://www.kirotv.com/video/21181751/index.html

Document On Forum:
http://truecrime.forums-free.com/th...81.html?sid=768a20e1dec68bd7b9d5dd33cf79344d

VIDEO BACKSTORY: Blogs, Death Threats In Missing Girl Case
http://www.kirotv.com/video/21142650/index.html

Video: Family Questioned, Searched In McCleary Case Says It's A Mistake
http://www.kirotv.com/video/21143377/index.html

Article:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21181508/detail.html

 

[CarrieBean]

Investigators probe conflicting alibis in girl's disappearance

By Keith Eldridge
MCCLEARY, Wash. -- A man's conflicting stories to acquaintances were among the factors that led to the issuance of a search warrant in the Lindsey Baum case, according to an affidavit in support of the warrant obtained by KOMO News.

The court documents identify as a person of interest a man connected to the properties searched last week.

Writing in the affidavit filed in Grays Harbor County Superior Court, a detective said he believed Lindsey had been kidnapped and that evidence would be found at the properties.

Lindsey disappeared the evening of June 26 while walking home from a friend's house in the small mill town of McCleary.

According to the affidavit, a person contacted investigators more than a month after the girl disappeared with information that led detectives to identify the man as a person of interest.

The tipster said the man always drove a distinctive car with a loud exhaust, and found it suspicious that the man stopped driving the vehicle after Lindsey disappeared.

Another person told detectives that they saw the vehicle near where Lindsey was last seen the night she vanished.

http://www.komonews.com/news/63303447.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

UPDATED: Investigators probe conflicting alibis in girl's disappearance
Story Published: Oct 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM PDT
Story Updated: Oct 2, 2009 at 6:24 PM PDT
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A man's conflicting stories to acquaintances were among the factors that led to the issuance of a search warrant in the Lindsey Baum case, according to an affidavit in support of the warrant obtained by KOMO News.

The court documents identify as a person of interest a man connected to the properties searched last week.

Writing in the affidavit filed in Grays Harbor County Superior Court, a detective said he believed Lindsey had been kidnapped and that evidence would be found at the properties.

KOMO News is not naming the man since he has not been arrested.

According to the court document, detectives have received multiple conflicting statements about where the person of interest was on the night of June 26.

Investigators wrote that the man told them he was working a second job at the time, but the business told detectives he hadn't been there in weeks.

Others have given investigators differing accounts of where the man may have been when Lindsey went missing.

A friend of the man told investigators she spoke with the person of interest on the phone in the day's after Lindsey's disappearance and he told her he "could not believe that a girl had been taken and cut up and dismembered," a sheriff's detective wrote in the affidavit.

Video: Investigators probe conflicting alibis in girl's disappearance 3:00
A man's conflicting stories to acquaintances were among the factors that led to the issuance of a search warrant in the Lindsey Baum case, according to an affidavit in support of the warrant obtained by KOMO News. A detective also wrote that he believes the girl was kidnapped.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63303447.html?video=YHI&t=a

Article:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/63303447.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

The Evidence Receipts

This is for the house with occupants

1 Black electrical tape from truck tool box
1 Fuji film Disp. Carmera
1 Pair of white men's tennis shoes from trash in Sunroom
4 Ind. men's shorts from trash in Sunroom
1 Pair white & red Men's tennis shoes from trash in Sunroom
1 (? can't read word) Bag with green vegetation from garage
1 Compaq tower from Office
1 Red mesh thong from file cabinet in shop
3 Used condoms from trash Sunroom
1 Phillip cd burner from cabinet in carport
1 Fuji Disp camera from Office
1 Vivitive vivi camera Office
1 Mustek mp3/4 Player
1 Receipts/Ind. Sunroom (? can't read word)
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1 Black electrical tape from truck tool box
***This came from a blue chevy(not running since summer 2008) and the tape had been in there for 2 yrs

1 Fuji film Disp. Carmera
***Most likely the one with photos of other son leaving for boot camp( not positive)

1 Pair of white men's tennis shoes from trash in Sunroom
***worn out shoes from *advertiser censored*

4 Ind. men's shorts from trash in Sunroom
*** old shorts didn't like, wife hated them; threw them away

1 Pair white & red Men's tennis shoes from trash in Sunroom
***belong to other son

1 (? can't read word) Bag with green vegetation from garage
***weed leaves

1 Compaq tower from Office
***mother's computer

1 Red mesh thong from file cabinet in shop
***was a joke hubby was going to put on antenna of brothers car during hunting season

3 Used condoms from trash Sunroom
***from other son & his girlfriend (safe sex)

1 Phillip cd burner from cabinet in carport
***bought at a garage sale or just a dead burner

1 Fuji Disp camera from Office
***Most likely graduation photos of other son from June

1 Vivitive vivi camera Office
***Locals photos taken for Skye

1 Mustek mp3/4 Player
***Belongs to other son

1 Receipts/Ind. Sunroom (? can't read word)
***Most likely receipts from the garbage; Probably debit card receitps of family
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This is for the house with occupants

1 Celestron Vista Pix Binocular/Camera from Carport
1 Tan color shoe lace from garbage in Sunroom
1 Sack paperwork Kitchen/Diningroom/livingroom
1 Paperwork from upstairs bedroom (XXXXXX's room)
1 Green veg. matter from xxxxxx's room
1 Marijuana ParaPh. from xxxxxx's room
1 .22 Calib. Semi-Automatic Rifle from xxxxxx's room
Mustang ? xxxxx's room
1 Baum-East County Newspaper Sunroom Garbage
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1 Celestron Vista Pix Binocular/Camera from Carport
***Mother's fingerhut gift from father-in-law; husband left out there

1 Tan color shoe lace from garbage in Sunroom
***From other brother's army boot; the shoe string broke

1 Sack paperwork Kitchen/Diningroom/livingroom
***Has no idea; but Calendar is missing; have years of old paperwork

1 Paperwork from upstairs bedroom (XXXXXX's room)
***I accidently missed asking about this one; I will find out

1 Green veg. matter from xxxxxx's room
*** weed

1 Marijuana ParaPh. from xxxxxx's room
*** not sure

1 .22 Calib. Semi-Automatic Rifle from xxxxxx's room
***been in family for years; passed down to son

Mustang ? xxxxx's room
***probably emblems from a '75 Mustang; not sure

1 Baum-East County Newspaper Sunroom Garbage
***paper read and thrown away
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This is for the house with occupants

Room A
(Upstairs Storage Room)

1 Toshiba Sattelite Laptop computer s/n #XXXXXXXX
2 IBM ThinkPad laptop computer, s/n #XXXXX
3 Compaq Presano Laptop computer s/n#XXXXXX
4 Hair from floor
5 Address Book, Pamphlet, Court Documents, Note
6 Vacuum filters - 4 ct.

Room B
(Upstairs Bedroom)

1 Blue ATB Dildo
2 E-Machines CPU
3 Memorex CD-R
4 Hairs from floor
5 Blanket
6 Blanket
7 Bed Sheet, Pillowcase & Pillow
8 Vacuum Filters - 4ct
9 Scent Pads - 2 ct
10 Scent Pads - 2 ct
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Room A
(Upstairs Storage Room)

1 Toshiba Sattelite Laptop computer s/n #XXXXXXXX
***toshiba bought at garage sale screen would not stay on
used it when homeschooled in 9th grade

2 IBM ThinkPad laptop computer, s/n #XXXXX
*** XXXX's had no internet available to it ... was very old with the huge docking station

3 Compaq Presano Laptop computer s/n#XXXXXX
***junk computer from garage sale; never did work ... bought for parts

4 Hair from floor
***have no idea; could be dog hair, long hair from gf, short hair from xxxxx?

5 Address Book, Pamphlet, Court Documents, Note
***not sure, court docs; not sure - will find out

6 Vacuum filters - 4 ct.
***my vacs are bagless; LE must have vacuumed the floor and had own bags?

Room B
(Upstairs Bedroom)

1 Blue ATB Dildo
***belongs to XXXXX's ex-girlfriend

2 E-Machines CPU
***dead computer from same garage sale

3 Memorex CD-R
***maybe music; not sure

4 Hairs from floor
***could be any family member, dog, friend; don't know

5 Blanket
*** XXXXX's

6 Blanket
***xxxxxxx's

7 Bed Sheet, Pillowcase & Pillow
***xxxxxx's

8 Vacuum Filters - 4ct
***must be le vacuum bags; family vacuum is bagless

9 Scent Pads - 2 ct
***has to be LE's for gathering scent?

10 Scent Pads - 2 ct
***has to be LE's for gathering scent?
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This for the vacant house

Scent Articles (6 pads collected)
***from LE to collect scent

Condoms with fluids
***could be anyone (see below for more info)

Disposable Gloves
***could be from anyone or anytime (see below for more info)

Box Spring covers (Material cut)
***left there maybe 5 yrs ago

Mattress Covers (Material Cut)
***left there maybe 5 yrs ago

Blue, zippered, hooded sweatshirt
***most likely along with kids clothes

Green, leafy plants and root balls (2)
***don't know

Childrens Clothing
***bag of children's clothing; lived there 15 years; left clothing there; had over 20 kids living there through the years

Possible narcotics paraphenalia - what appears to be a pipe
***don't know how got there (see info below)
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This is the abandoned house. It was left about 5 years ago with a lot of stuff left there. There has been people breaking in there over the years and even transients staying in there. Someone even went in and tore the wiring out of the ceiling and the power company disconnected at the pole.

They have had problems keeping people out of there. It's known there are people going in and out of there illegally.

The *advertiser censored* magazines are not on any list... but I am told there use to be an bunch of old 1970's playboys/similar(kind sold in stores) which use to belong to older relative. No one has lived in that house for about 5 years. So why they was said in the news ???? sensationalism I guess???

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Why McCleary Man Is Person Of Interest In Missing Girl Case
Posted: 4:05 pm PDT October 2, 2009
Updated: 4:26 pm PDT October 2, 2009
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According to a search warrant affidavit prepared by prosecutors, the man gave four different stories about his whereabouts the night Baum disappeared.

Police said the man exhibited strange behavior, including a disturbing statement he made to a friend the day after Baum disappeared.

The documents also indicated a car similar to the one the man drives was seen nearby at the time of Lindsey's disappearance. Friends said the man was obsessed with the case and that he was pulled over by police after following Lindsey's Baum's mother through town.

The sheriff's office said it knows the search was hard on the family that lives in the home, but deputies said they are "doing everything in our power and our legal authority to find Lindsey Baum."

The man's family said police found nothing of significance during the search because the man is innocent.

A family member told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Richard Thompson that the man "didn't do it."

"When he does talk about it, he cries because he's not that kind of a person," said the family member who did not want to be identified.

PDF: Affidavit For Search Warrant In McCleary Case
http://www.kirotv.com/download/2009/1002/21186351.pdf

Article:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21186766/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

List of seized items released in missing girl case
October 2, 2009
Updated 17 minutes ago.
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A McCleary landowner has done what the sheriff will not: release a list of items seized in the investigation of a missing girl.

The property owner is angry over the search of his acreage just south of town last week and has threatened to sue. On a website devoted to discussion of true crime, a posting displays a copy of a search warrant seeking evidence of a kidnapping. It lists dozens of items confiscated during the search: computers, a rifle, used condoms, discarded clothing, and some marijuana, among other things.

AUDIO: Listen to Tim's report
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...hp?a=10952&f=/kiro/2009/10/10022009175744.mp3

Article:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=220410

 

[Angel Who Cares]

The Ron & Don Show
Friday, October 2, 2009
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4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Guest Dr. Ira Longini of the UW and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center shares his expertise on the H1N1 virus and the need for vaccines. New information in the search for Lindsey Baum. Stump Ron's Mom.

Audio:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...o/2009/10/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20091002_4pm.mp3
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The Ron & Don Show
Friday, October 2, 2009
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6:00 pm-7:00 pm
Update on Lindsey Baum. The News As We See It: Five-year-old boy kills 800-pound alligator. Bob Dylan to release Christmas album. Counting down to the publication of Sarah Palin's book. New live Nirvana track. Jim Mora goes way back with Peyton Manning.

Audio:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...o/2009/10/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20091002_6pm.mp3

 

[Angel Who Cares]

"Person of Interest" Investigated in Disappearance of McCleary Girl
October 2, 2009
A man whose family owns two homes searched in connection with missing 11-year old Lindsey Baum is a "person of interest," according to the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office has not identified the man, but they served search warrants last weekend on the two McCleary, WA homes and yards., and the man's car.

According to court documents, the man in question changed his story about where he was working on the night of June 26, when the girl disappeared, and was a suspect in the attempted sexual assault of a child in 2000.

According to sheriff's department documents, investigators took a number of items from the search of the homes and yards, including used condoms, a disposable camera, black electrical tape, a rifle, and newspaper articles about the girl's disappearance.

"Person of Interest" Investigated in Disappearance of McCleary Girl 2:01
http://www.q13fox.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=b31a25cd-29b0-4136-a905-bd03787ebee1&src=front

Article:
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-100209-personofinterest,0,1006113.story

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Detective thinks missing Wash. girl was kidnapped
Last updated October 2, 2009 9:57 p.m. PT
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The affidavit filed in District Court says the man's conflicting stories about his whereabouts on the night Lindsey Baum disappeared were among the factors that led to issuance of the search warrants.

According to the document, the man also made a disturbing statement to a friend the day after Baum disappeared, saying he could not believe a girl had been "taken and cut up and dismembered." The detective notes that investigators didn't believe the girl was a crime victim until the week after her disappearance.

The man's family says authorities found nothing of significance during the searches because the man is innocent. The sheriff's office is not identifying the man. The court papers were made public Friday.

Article:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_missing_mccleary_girl.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Family feels targeted in missing McCleary girl's case
10:45 PM PDT on Friday, October 2, 2009
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A McCleary family claims they're unfairly targeted and harassed by police officers connected to the case of missing Lindsey Baum.

Friday, a tearful mother and an angry father defended their son who was the subject of a search warrant at their rural McCleary home, related to the disappearance of 11-year-old Lindsey Baum.

Court documents released Friday relate why detectives believed the son could be Baum's kidnapper.

Witnesses told detectives that the man obsessed about Baum's disappearance and expressed his belief that a girl had been "dismembered."

The man's parents told KING 5 that their son got confused because detectives interviewed him more than a month after Baum vanished. Therefore, he apparently could not remember many specific details that far back.

Detectives say they now have no suspect or person-of-interest, but they do have a lot of leads and a girl who seemingly vanished without a trace.

Video: Family feels targeted in missing McCleary girl's case
http://www.king5.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=404293

Article:
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_100209WAB-mccleary-missing-KC.1dc17fa7d.html

 

[not_my_kids]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/lindsey-baum-missing-months-disappearance/story?id=8744233

Cops' Search in Lindsey Baum Case Comes Up Empty
By DEAN SCHABNER
Oct. 4, 2009

Volunteers gathered in McCleary, Wash., this weekend to hunt for any trace of Lindsey Baum, the 11-year-old girl who has been missing for more than three months. Police acknowledged they are looking for new leads after a search failed to link a possible suspect to the girl's disappearance.
"There was no evidence that clearly indicated that the people and the individual we were looking at had anything to do with her disappearance," Undersheriff Rick Scott, of the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Department, one of the agencies investigating the girl's disappearance, told ABCNews.com. "Having served these warrants, we found nothing, so we're pursuing other leads."
The affidavit for the warrants, which were released Friday and were served on Sept. 25, indicated that there were discrepancies in the alibi of the person police were looking at, a man who works at a retirement home near where Lindsey, who should have started sixth grade this fall, was last seen.
According to the affidavit, from Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Department Det. Matt Organ, police originally wanted to talk to the man because a person called and said his car, a small white sports car with a loud exhaust, was seen in the area the night of Lindsey's disappearance and then was not seen around for several days afterwards, which the tipster considered suspicious.
When police contacted the possible suspect, according to the affidavit, he told them he was working a second job at a youth camp that night, but a supervisor at the camp told police he was in fact not there and had been suspended two weeks earlier.
Police also became suspicious when they spoke to a former girlfriend of the man, who told them that the day after Lindsey's disappearance he said he was very concerned that something like that could happen in the town, the affidavit said.

More at link...

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Warrants released in Baum case
Filing reveals what cops expected to find at homes
Saturday, October 3, 2009 2:17 AM PDT
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The warrant includes statements from friends and family regarding a man at the residence in connection with strange phone activity, disturbing conversations involving Lindsey, conflicting alibis and a past accusation of sexual assault.

In the court filing, investigators say they believe Lindsey has been kidnapped, and after what they have refered to as a &#8220;credible&#8221; tip, believed they would find evidence of her kidnapping at the home.

The Grays Harbor Sheriff&#8217;s Office has since announced it could not find any evidence of wrongdoing. Some forensic samples taken at the home and a neighboring property on Sept. 25 along Foreman Road still await testing. Results could take months.

A person identifying him or herself as a friend of the man&#8217;s family in an online forum said the family has always cooperated with investigators and has actively tried to help with the search for Lindsey.

&#8220;Someone has found someone to blame,&#8221; the poster wrote. &#8220;This is ridiculous.&#8221;

The poster said the family has been upset by the allegations and has had people trespassing on the property since the searches were launched.

Article:
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/10/03/local_news/doc4ac708ecc05e8423735653.txt

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Girl's disappearance still a mystery
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Last updated 5:46 p.m. PT
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Nine days after executing search warrants at the home of a "person of interest" in the Lindsey Baum disappearance, police now say that person is no longer a target in the case.

The 23-year-old McCleary man initially caught the attention of investigators after he gave conflicting alibis about his whereabouts on June 26, the night Lindsey vanished while walking home from a friend's house.

But after conducting a thorough search of properties owned by his family, detectives say they found nothing that "immediately" implicates him in the case.

Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott says some material was gathered during last weekend's searches at the McCleary family's properties, but none of it appeared to be incriminating.

"Should results of forensic examination come back positive for this investigation, he would become again someone of interest - but at this point we have no specific person or persons we are looking at," Scott says.

Article:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/410793_mccleary04.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Police: Lindsey Baum's disappearance still a mystery
Story Published: Oct 4, 2009 at 4:26 PM PDT
Story Updated: Oct 4, 2009 at 7:16 PM PDT
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Nine days after executing search warrants at the home of a "person of interest" in the Lindsey Baum disappearance, police now say that person is no longer a target in the case.

More than three months have elapsed since Lindsey vanished - seemingly into thin air. Scores of volunteers have searched the area surrounding McCleary, a small mill town where everyone knows their neighbors.

The Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office says investigators will continue to chase every lead they get.

Meanwhile, the girl's mother, Melissa Baum, says she remains hopeful that Lindsey will be found alive.

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[Angel Who Cares]

Leads fall off in missing girl case
October 5, 2009
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It's back to square-one for searchers in McCleary. Police now say they have no "person of interest" in the disappearance of 11 year old Lindsey Baum.

The man the Grays Harbor Sheriff's office had been investigating is now in the clear.

Investigators say they have nothing right now that links the 23 year-old to Lindsey's disappearance, and they have no new leads and no people of interest.

Lindsey's mother Melissa says that while leads are drying up, her hope isn't, "I don't have a choice but to hold up. I've got to find my daughter, you know, that's my number one mission is to find her and that's what keeps me going every day."

Baum said about a hundred people were back out over the weekend searching the forest for her daughter.

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