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[Angel Who Cares]

After two months, search continues for McCleary girl
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:17 AM PDT
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&#8220;We&#8217;re continuing to follow up on leads,&#8221; Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott said Tuesday. &#8220;Things are a long way from a dead end.&#8221;

National missing child assistance organizations, KlaasKIDS Foundation and the Laura Recovery Center, also plan to host a community meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in McCleary to coordinate renewed search efforts.

Two neighbors spotted her about halfway home, but never saw anything suspicious. Despite a massive search involving multiple law enforcement agencies, investigators have found no evidence explaining her disappearance.

A KlaasKIDS Foundation news release said new searchers and volunteers will gather Thursday night at the McCleary Community Center on Simpson Avenue to learn more about the organizations and sign up for weekend search parties.

The organization said volunteers will also be able to sign up between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday for search area assignments. All volunteers must be at least 18 years old with photo identification.

Scott said investigators from the Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the McCleary Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation met Tuesday to compare notes and discuss available resources.

&#8220;The case shows progress,&#8221; he said, stating detectives at a minimum have ruled out many possibilities.

Scott said the planned weekend searches are separate from law enforcement efforts, but he hopes they may be able to find something new.

Viable leads still trickle in on the disappearance, he said. Several detectives remain dedicated to the case full-time, but obviously worry about lost clues and fading memories as the weeks pass.

The public has continued to offer as much cooperation as possible, Scott said, and detectives still work the case as hard as they did two months ago.

Article:
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/08/26/local_news/doc4a957b2225267618428621.txt

 

[SarahC]

Searchers renew their efforts

Quote from The Daily World newspaper article:

Dawn Davis, with the Laura Recovery Center, said finding lost children takes cooperation between law enforcement, the community and the family.

“There is hope,” she said. “Kids come home every day.”

Volunteers were scheduled to start registering this morning. The organizations would be leading teams through the streets passing out fliers and hanging red, white and blue ribbons in Lindsey’s honor.

Davis said teams will also comb nearby neighborhoods and wooded areas, re-searching areas scoured during the first days after Lindsey went missing

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Father of murdered California girl helping McCleary family
07:01 PM PDT on Thursday, August 27, 2009
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Klaas&#8217; father hopes to bring renewed attention to the disappearance of 11-year-old Lindsey Baum.

Mark Klaas&#8217; foundation, Klaas Kids, is organizing volunteer searches around McCleary this weekend.

Klaas has been in touch with the Baum family all summer.

&#8220;We&#8217;re a fraternity of survivors,&#8221; said Klaas. &#8220;It becomes very therapeutic for people like me to be able to go out and help others.&#8221;

Baum&#8217;s mother is still waiting to celebrate her daughter&#8217;s 12th birthday, which passed in July.

&#8220;I don&#8217;t care who has her, I don&#8217;t care where she is, I just want her back, &#8220; Melissa Baum told KING-5 News.

Melissa Baum appreciates the help from Klaas Kids because she feels anything that keeps her daughter&#8217;s story in the public could help locate her.

&#8220;I really and truly have a very strong faith I&#8217;m going to get her back,&#8221; said Baum.

Video: Mother has renewed hope for missing McCleary girl
http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=393141

Article:
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_082709WAB-lindsey-baum-KS.1216be258.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

NEW EXPANDED SEARCH FOR LINDSEY BAUM TO BEGIN THIS WEEKEND
August 28, 2009
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The reward has been increased for information leading to the return or whereabouts of a missing McCleary girl. Lindsey Baum has been missing for over five weeks and investigators are now offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the 11 year old McCleary girl. Undersheriff Rick Scott says the money is being posted by Crimestoppers and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Lindsey went missing while walking home from a friends house on the night of June 26th. Anyone with any information is asked to call 866 915 8299.P>

Article:
http://www.kxro.com/Article.asp?id=1389133&spid=
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Searchers renew their efforts
Friday, August 28, 2009 11:13 AM PDT
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Melissa Baum struggled to describe her missing 11-year-old daughter to more than 40 potential search volunteers gathered Thursday night at the McCleary Community Center.

&#8220;She&#8217;s just an outgoing, bright little girl,&#8221; Baum said, a large photo of Lindsey smiling on the wall behind her.

Several volunteers teared up alongside Baum as she spoke at the community meeting to launch new search efforts today and throughout the weekend with support from national missing child organizations.

Coordinators from the Laura Recovery Center and the KlaasKIDS Foundation came to McCleary this weekend to rally new resources and volunteers around finding Lindsey.

&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled,&#8221; Baum said. &#8220;I&#8217;m really excited about it.&#8221;

&#8220;There is hope,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Kids come home every day.&#8221;

Volunteers were scheduled to start registering this morning. The organizations would be leading teams through the streets passing out fliers and hanging red, white and blue ribbons in Lindsey&#8217;s honor.

Davis said teams will also comb nearby neighborhoods and wooded areas, re-searching areas scoured during the first days after Lindsey went missing.

Mark Klaas, whose daughter was kidnapped and killed in 1993, said the work of the KlaasKIDS Foundation and Laura Recovery Center has helped many families in recent years.

&#8220;Children have been found as a result of our efforts,&#8221; he said.

Organizers said the search will go on as long as possible, starting today and stretching to Sunday if needed. Klaas encouraged the volunteers at the center to contact friends, neighbors, coworkers &#8212; anyone who could join the effort and help expand the search area.

&#8220;If we get 300 people,&#8221; he said, &#8220;we&#8217;ll go a lot farther than if we get 30 people.&#8221;

Baum also asked anyone with private property that included large forested areas, abandoned buildings or abandoned vehicles to check their property for any sign of Lindsey.

Melissa Baum, standing in front of a photo of her missing 11-year-old daughter Lindsey, tears up as she speaks to more than 40 volunteers at a community gathering outlining new search efforts.

Article:
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/08/28/local_news/doc4a98178f6482a351140071.txt
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Volunteers search for missing McCleary girl
Updated Aug 28, 2009 - 9:14 pm
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Volunteers have set up a search center with the help of two national missing child assistance groups, The KlaasKIDS Foundation and the Laura Recovery Center.

Lindsey's mother Melissa Baum says she's confident they're going to find Lindsey. "I absolutely believe she's alive and we're going to find her. We're going to do it, I'm not going to stop until we do."

The group searches began Friday morning at 9 a.m. and will continue through the weekend. Volunteers must be 18 years or older and present a valid ID at the sign up station at the McCleary Community Center.

Article:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=206325

 

[ClueMan]

Daily Olympian Sunday 30 Aug 2009
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/954641.html#none

Renewed effort in search for girl
Missing since June 26: News about abductee’s return after 18 years draws people to help find Lindsey

ROLF BOONE; The Olympian | • Published August 30, 2009

McCleary – Teams of volunteers inspected roadsides, wooded areas and creeks Saturday as part of the ongoing effort to find Lindsey Baum, the 11-year-old McCleary girl who disappeared the evening of June 26.

Saturday was the second consecutive day in which volunteers fanned out into outlying areas and neighboring towns, hoping to find clues. The search continues today.

At the request of Lindsey’s mother, Melissa, two nonprofit groups – the Laura Recovery Center of Friendswood, Texas, and Klaaskids Foundation of Sausalito, Calif. – organized the search. Both groups have been involved in high-profile missing-child cases before, including the disappearances of Elizabeth Smart of Utah and Elaine Sepulveda of Oak Harbor.

About 120 people searched Friday, and about 40 people had taken part before noon Saturday, said Brad Dennis, director of search operations for the Klaaskids Foundation. The search is being staged from the McCleary Community Center, and although organizers have enough volunteers to handle administrative duties, they need more searchers, Dennis said.

“We need people to come out and be a part of this,” he said.

Baum disappeared about 9:15 p.m. June 26 as she embarked alone on about a half-mile walk from a friend’s house on Maple Street to her home on Mommsen Road. Her mother, who moved to McCleary from Lacey about two years ago, said Saturday that she is doing all she can so her daughter won’t be forgotten, such as putting up flyers and making buttons with Lindsey’s picture. She thinks her daughter is alive, although “getting through the nights” is the hardest part, she said.

“My main focus is just finding her and then we can deal with the rest,” Melissa Baum said.

Volunteers who showed up Saturday were separated into groups. Team leaders were selected and groups were given directions on how and where to search. The team leaders also were provided with global positioning systems to note the locations of their searches, as well as clipboards with paper so they could jot down possible clues.

Patty Thorsen and Judy Enz of Olympia, plus team leader Mike Davis of Gig Harbor, spent about an hour exploring Niels Lane, a rock-covered road that overlooks state Route 8 about 4 miles west of McCleary. All three decided to volunteer because they are parents, but Thorsen and Davis also were moved by Melissa Baum’s story after hearing her interviewed on a Seattle radio station. Mike said the combination of listening to Melissa Baum and hearing news about Jaycee Dugard, the California woman recently discovered after she was missing for 18 years, prompted him to act.

“I said, ‘Well, I can give up a Saturday,’” he said. Davis, too, has five children, including three girls.

All three got into his truck, drove to the end of the road and then worked their way back, stopping frequently to look down hillsides, peer into the woods and inspect roadside debris. The three also discovered a black garbage bag filled with clothes, including a pair of denim jeans, the same kind of clothes Lindsey last was seen wearing. After that discovery, it was determined that the clothes and trash likely belonged to a transient and not Lindsey, although Dennis praised the group’s efforts in finding the bag.

Davis marked the site with orange fabric so investigators could inspect the site. Once volunteers return to the community center, they are debriefed and their information is shared with law enforcement, Dennis said.

 

[Angel Who Cares]

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AS RENEWED SEARCH FOR MISSING MCCLEARY GIRL CONTINUES
08/30/2009
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More volunteers are needed as the renewed search of 11-year-old Lindsey Baum continues in the McCleary area. Teams of volunteers inspected roadsides, wooded areas and creeks Saturday, the second consecutive day in which volunteers looked into outlying areas and neighboring towns, hoping to find clues. The search for the girl who disappeared on June 26th continues today. Two nonprofit groups &#8211; the Laura Recovery Center of Friendswood, Texas, and Klaaskids Foundation of Sausalito, Calif. &#8211; organized this latest effort. About 120 people searched Friday and about 40 Saturday and more are needed for today. The search is being staged from the McCleary Community Center, 726 W. Simpson Ave. starting at 8:30. Volunteers must be at least 18, have photo identification, and dress appropriately for the weather; food and water will be provided

Photo:
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/v-standalone/story/954641.html

Article:
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com...-MISSING-MCCLEARY-GIRL-CONTINUES/Default.aspx

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Missing Children Program not working as intended
Sunday, September 6, 2009 1:14 AM PDT
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Regarding the continued search for Lindsey Baum, her missing child flyer still has not been posted for display in Post Offices or other buildings owned or controlled by the Federal government &#8212; as the written instructions for the National Missing Child Program describes.

Go to the General Services Administration (GSA) Web site and read how this National Federal help find Missing Children Program is suppose (intended) to operate.

Be sure to click onto the Jan. 19, 1996 Presidential Memorandum link on this Web site and read the Executive Order regarding this program.

Imagine how many missing children would be found, imagine how many missing children who have been murdered would still be alive today, if the program was actually managed and operated at the level of efficiency it&#8217;s intended and as the written directions describe.

Terry Parks

San Bruno, Calif.

Article:
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articl...s_to_the_editor/doc4aa32cdb219d8216236227.txt

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Volunteers won't give up on Lindsey Baum
Story Published: Sep 12, 2009 at 7:01 PM PDT
Story Updated: Sep 12, 2009 at 7:04 PM PDT
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In 2 1/2 months of searching, nothing has turned up that ties back to the missing girl. But that doesn't stop volunteers from trying.

They were back out again on Saturday, combing through the thick brush.

"This morning we had people standing in line just to register," says Lindsey's mother, Melissa Baum.

She is coordinating this latest effort, with help from the biker club "Guardians of the Children" and a second group called "Helping Heroes Productions."

Searchers are looking for a miracle - and stories like the California woman who resurfaced 18 years after being kidnapped gives them a reason to go on.

"It gives me hope because it's saying after 18 years, surely probably mostly everybody had given up," says Hall.

Adds Melissa Baum: "It scares me because I just can't imagine the next months - let alone years - of not knowing where my daughter is."

The search resumes Sunday - and people are encouraged to help.

Article:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/59141277.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY: Search continues for McCleary girl
Published September 14, 2009
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Volunteers searched areas throughout Western Washington for missing McCleary girl Lindsey Baum over the weekend but didn't find any clues, said Linda Walkut, a volunteer with the Laura Recover Center for Missing Children.

Walkut said 25 to 30 people searched Friday, about 75 searched Saturday and about 60 were involved Sunday, venturing as far away as Portland to look for Baum, who has been missing for nearly three months.

The search effort recently received a boost when a McCleary church donated a trailer that can be used as a headquarters, Walkut said.

&#8220;We&#8217;ll be having bigger searches now,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll start scheduling them in about three weeks.&#8221;

A candlelight vigil for Baum is set for about 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Park & Ride facility on Mommsen Street in McCleary, Walkut said.

For more information about the search for Lindsey and future searches, go to www.findlindseybaum.com.

Article:
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/970121.html

 

[TakeNote]

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=110

*The Ron & Don Nation are asking your help and the help of everyone you know in finding Lindsey Baum, the 11-year-old McCleary girl missing since June 26. If you have a laptop, if you have a telephone, and if you care about children, we ask you to get involved so Lindsey's case can be solved.

We're also asking for the assistance of our elected officials, to engage all the resources the government can bring to bear toward finding Lindsey. We're encouraging the Ron & Don Nation to contact Congressman Norm Dicks, whose district includes McCleary, and Senator Maria Cantwell, a good friend of The Ron & Don Show. Encourage them to provide any assistance or direction they can in working with local authorities toward finding Lindsey Baum.* more at the link above

you can find the radio show here at the link below about Lindsey

http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090916_4pm.mp3

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Search intensifies for missing McCleary girl
12:26 PM PDT on Friday, September 25, 2009
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Friday morning Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office investigators, along with FBI agents and members of the King County Sheriff's office, began serving search warrants in and around the McCleary area.

The warrants allow investigators a chance to thoroughly search private properties.

A Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office spokesperson said the search warrants were a result of their "continuing investigation."

"They [the serving of the search warrants] started this morning and will continue through the weekend," said Grays Harbor County Sgt. Steve Shumate.

Investigators would not say where the locations were or if anyone was specifically being investigated as a suspect in Baum's disappearance.

Video: Search intensifies for missing McCleary girl
http://www.nwcn.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=401981

Article:
http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/washi...09WAB-missing-mccleary-girl-KS.1b5660aae.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

UPDATED: Search warrants issued in Lindsey Baum disappearance
Story Published: Sep 25, 2009 at 11:06 AM PDT
Story Updated: Sep 25, 2009 at 8:48 PM PDT
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The searches, both in the McCleary area, cover so much ground that agents were brought in from the FBI, along with detectives in the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office and King County Sheriff's Office.

But an official said Friday that authorities have received "new, credible information" that there are locations in the McCleary area that may yield evidence to assist in the investigation.

Search warrants are being executed at those locations on Friday, and may continue throughout the weekend, said a spokesman for the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office.

*At one site, FBI investigators in protective clothing were probing an area near an old, abandoned house and large shed about one mile southwest of McCleary.

*At another location, about one-eighth mile away near the intersection of Old Sand Creek Road, North Sand Creek Road and Foreman Road, a mobile King County Sheriff's Office command post was set up at a residence surrounded by junk cars.

Officials said the people living in the house on the outskirts of town were asked to leave after receiving a search warrant.

Sgt. Steve Shumate of the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office said investigators spent hours Friday combing cars, gathering fibers, hairs, even the smallest clue that could tell them what happened to Lindsey.

Investigators in protective clothing gather evidence from the porch of a dilapidated house near McCleary, after search warrants were issued in connection with the disappearance of Lindsey Baum, 11.

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

New Video: Search warrants issued in Lindsey Baum case
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/61475637.html?video=YHI&t=a

Video: AIR 4 video of search scene
http://www.komonews.com/home/video/61504822.html?video=pop&t=a

Article:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/61475637.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Deputies acting on &#8220;credible&#8221; tip
Friday, September 25, 2009 11:15 AM PDT
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&#8220;Credible information has been developed that there are locations in the McCleary area that may contain evidence that may assist investigators in locating Lindsey Baum,&#8221; Sgt. Steve Shumate of the Grays Harbor Sheriff&#8217;s Office read from a statement this morning. &#8220;This activity is expected through the weekend. Due to the sensitive nature of the investigation and to reduce the risk of compromise, no further details of the current investigative activity will be released.&#8221;

The Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the FBI, the King County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and other regional law enforcement agencies are serving the search warrants, Shumate said.

He said that community members may notice the increased police presence today and through the weekend.

The Sheriff&#8217;s Office mobile command center has returned to McCleary, Shumate added, at least through the weekend. During the past few weeks, investigators had been working from Montesano.

&#8220;We&#8217;re just getting started with the search warrants,&#8221; Shumate said this morning. &#8220;I wish I could say more but we can&#8217;t jeopardize the investigation.&#8221;

Supporters of Baum planned to conduct a candlelight vigil Saturday to mark three months since she went missing.

Article:
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/09/25/local_news/doc4abd00e90348c403452968.txt

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Search expanding for missing McCleary girl
The Grays Harbor County sheriff's office says deputies started serving search warrants Friday in the McCleary area in the search for a missing 11-year-old girl.
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 11:45 AM
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The Grays Harbor County sheriff's office says deputies started serving search warrants Friday in the McCleary area in the search for a missing 11-year-old girl.

Sgt. Steve Shumate told KXRO more warrants would be served through the weekend in an operation involving the FBI and the King County sheriff's office.

Shumate says investigators have been following leads and conducting interviews that identified areas that may contain information about the disappearance of Lindsey Baum. She disappeared the night of June 26 while walking home from a friend's house.

Article:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009943660_apwamissingmcclearygirl.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

UPDATED: Search Warrants Served In Missing Girl Case
Posted: 11:42 am PDT September 25, 2009
Updated: 6:37 pm PDT September 25, 2009
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Evidence was been collected from a 10-acre property Friday after detectives served a search warrant in connection with the disappearance of Lindsey Baum, detectives said.

The Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office, the FBI and the King County Sheriff's Office served the search warrants Friday morning and expect the continue searching through the weekend.

&#8220;We are looking obviously for the clothing that she was last seen wearing, we're looking for any sort of trace evidence that might be related back to Lindsey Baum," said Sgt. Steve Shumate of the Grays Harbor Sheriff&#8217;s Office.

All four members of the family who live on property are being interviewed, but police said nobody is being called a suspect.

Neighbors said they don&#8217;t think police will find a thing.

"I just think they've got the wrong family. I'm sure they've got some sort of evidence or something, but I'm sure they've got the wrong family," said one neighbor who did not give his name.

The search warrant includes items such as hair, fibers and clothing Lindsey was last wearing -- anything that could lead investigators to her whereabouts, officials told Thompson.

Video: Detectives Obtain Evidence, Will Continue Search
http://www.kirotv.com/video/21120565/index.html

Video: Phone Interview With Lindsey's Mom
http://www.kirotv.com/video/21116996/index.html

Article:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21116315/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

SEARCH WARRANTS SERVED IN LINDSEY BAUM CASE
September 25, 2009
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The Grays Harbor County Sheriff, FBI and other agencies are serving search warrants in the McCleary area over the next three days. Sheriff Sergeant Steve Shumate says the search is related to the three month long search for Lindsey Baum, an 11 year old McCleary girl who went missing while walking home from a friend's house on the night of June 26th. Shumate says that since the disappearance, investigators have been following leads and conducting interviews, a process he says led to credible information being developed that there are areas in McCleary that may contain information on Lindsey's disappearance. Shumate says due to the ongoing investigation more information is not being released at this time.

Article:
http://www.kxro.com/Article.asp?id=1389133&spid=

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Search intensifies for missing Washington girl Lindsey Baum, warrants served
September 25, 4:07 PM
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Sgt. Steve Shumate of the Grays Harbor Sheriff&#8217;s Office read from a statement, saying &#8220;Credible information has been developed that there are locations in the McCleary area that may contain evidence that may assist investigators in locating Lindsey Baum. This activity is expected through the weekend. Due to the sensitive nature of the investigation and to reduce the risk of compromise, no further details of the current investigative activity will be released.&#8221;

Shumate also noted that they are just getting started with serving search warrants and would not jeopardize the investigation by elaborating further.

More volunteer searches for Lindsey are scheduled for Oct. 2 through 4 at 9 a.m., with searchers meeting at the Evergreen Christian Church.

Article:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crim...-Washington-girl-Lindsey-Baum-warrants-served

 

[Angel Who Cares]

UPDATED: No major discoveries in new search for McCleary girl
09:24 PM PDT on Friday, September 25, 2009
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Investigators will be out again Saturday searching for clues in the disappearance of 11-year-old Lindsey Baum &#8211; three months to the day she vanished while walking home from a friend's house.

Friday morning, Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office investigators, along with FBI agents and members of the King County Sheriff's Office, began serving search warrants in and around the McCleary area. The warrants allow investigators a chance to thoroughly search private properties.

"They [the serving of the search warrants] started this morning and will continue through the weekend," said Grays Harbor County Sgt. Steve Shumate.

Investigators would not say where the locations were or if anyone was specifically being investigated as a suspect in Baum's disappearance.

Approximately 50 searchers will be working through the weekend.

Detectives informed Lindsey's mother, Melissa Baum about the search, but didn't give her a lot of specifics.

Video: Raw: SkyKING over search for McCleary girl 2:35
http://www.nwcn.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=401992&shu=1

Video: Search intensifies for missing McCleary girl 2:11
http://www.nwcn.com/video/news-index.html?nvid=401981&shu=1

Article:
http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/washi...09WAB-missing-mccleary-girl-KS.1b5660aae.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Search expanding for missing McCleary girl
September 25, 2009
Updated 1 minute ago
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The FBI is in McCleary to help local investigators search property south of town. The property is several acres large with buildings, vehicles, and a lot of junk.

A roadblock is keeping people away from the area.

Lindsey's mother, Melissa, is excited by the news of a search, but she candidly says she is losing enthusiasm as the day wears on. "I was elated. I was hopeful. I was excited. I thought this is it. They've got something. It's become more cautious now, a little bit of a letdown from the morning."

Still, she says she remains hopeful her daughter will come home to her.

"I felt it from the beginning that she's close by. I don't think she's far away. I'm not saying she's here in McCleary, but I know there's a local connection," said Melissa.

"The information that investigators have developed obviously gives us hope that we're going to find something that will lead us to the location of Lindsey Baum," Sgt. Steve Shumate told KIRO Radio.

Shumate says investigators have been following leads and conducting interviews that identified areas in McCleary, including both residences and vehicles, that may contain information about the disappearance of Lindsey Baum.

AUDIO: Listen to Tim's report
http://www.mynorthwest.com/resource...hp?a=10683&f=/kiro/2009/09/09252009184133.mp3

Article:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=217286

 

[Angel Who Cares]

AUDIO: "The Ron & Don Show" 3:00 pm-4:00 pm
There has been new developments in the Lindsey Baum case. Search warrants have been issued and Tim Haeck is covering the story. Don is doing the show from California. Pamela Falk, CBS Foreign Affairs Expert, called in about the G-20 Summit.
Play Audio Link:
http://mynorthwest.com/resources/au...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090925_3pm.mp3

AUDIO: "The Ron & Don Show" 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Melissa Baum, Lindsey Baum's mom, is on the phone to tell us about what is going on in the search for her daughter. What is going to happen with the Seahawks and Huskies this weekend? More about where Don is broadcasting from. Stump Ron's Mom
Play Audio Link:
http://mynorthwest.com/resources/au...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090925_4pm.mp3

AUDIO: "The Ron & Don Show" 5:00 pm-6:00 pm
Top 5 @ 5:00... New information about the Lindsey Baum case. Iran can make nuclear weapons so President Obama has told them to stop! There are 1000 Husky Fans headed to Stanford for the game this weekend. SNL did a spoof on Bill Clinton for their weekend update. A fan refused to throw a homerun ball back at the Mariners game. More talk about the Lindsey Baum case
Play Audio Link:
http://mynorthwest.com/resources/au...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090925_5pm.mp3

AUDIO: "The Ron & Don Show" 6:00 pm-7:00 pm
We replay Pamela Falk We replay Kelly Jennings We replay Melissa Baum
Play Audio Link:
http://mynorthwest.com/resources/au...o/2009/09/p_Ron_and_Don_Show_20090925_6pm.mp3

Link To "The Ron & Don Show" audio page where you can select downloading of the audios of your choice:
http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=153&cmsid=110