WA - Lindsey Baum, 10, McCleary, 26 June 2009 - #12

[cyberswept]

Scandi, that is seriously a gross cup of coffee!

Sorry to hear the bad weather has kept you all indoors, but better to be safe.

I don't know why, maybe it's just a gut feeling, but from the beginning I've thought someone took Lindsey out of the area. Then hearing about several attempted abductions within an hour's drive and finding Jaycee alive after being taken 150 miles from Tahoe just strengthens that feeling for me.

I don't know what the statistics are but I doubt a perp would go to too much trouble or go too deep into the woods to leave her. And since she hasn't been found, I just can't shake the idea that someone has her in a neighboring community.

The fact that she hasn't been found gives me hope that she's still alive. I also hope that the forensic astrologers are right and there's going to be a break in the case in a couple of weeks.

Since we have such few clues to go on, at this point, speculation and gut feelings are about all we do have. Eventually through this process someone may indeed propose the circumstances under which Lindsey actually disappeared. This may even help in bringing her home. So I have no problem with gut feelings like yours that at least fit the few facts that we have. I am not endorsing wild speculation that points fingers at anyone, just speculation of a possible scenario.

Distracted, not sure where you are from, but people that live here, at some time in their lives most likely venture a ways into the woods. I know I have to go hiking, fishing or hunting. Since we don't know the background of the perp or perps, it's hard to say exactly where Lindsey is. With a 4 wheel drive or quad runner they could have gotten quite a ways and in a reasonably short amount of time.

However, since no one has come forward to say that someone they knew did something out of the ordinary, or was gone for an unexplained period of time during Lindsey's disappearance, it stands that if it was a local, Lindsey was not initially taken a long ways away. That person would have had to have been back in an amount of time that would not have raised suspicions. So hopefully LE has been looking at anyone who may have had unexplained time away even a few days after she disappeared, in case she was moved farther away later.

I don't know what LE is working on, but hopefully they have worked up some possible scenarios and are following those out to see if they can get a lead in the right direction. I am sure they are paying attention to the results of the searches, but it would be nice if they would at least comment on the searches and some of the areas tagged as "checked out" or not. Surely they understand that their silence is deafening. Even if they don't have any new leads, it would be nice of them to at least comment on the searches and keep Lindsey's name in the papers.

 

[KONAMOCHA]

I just returned from town and was told that the SUV she believed was a chevy but wasn't sure of the model.

She believes it was a man driving and did not recognize him.

 

[KONAMOCHA]

A previous post I read somewhere online about the woman driving the red camaro saw something....

There is a red camaro on the corner of 3rd and Oak that keeps me looking at that house and I don't know why... just an odd feeling.

 

[JenniferO]

We need a rumor thread or something.

 

[cyberswept]

I just returned from town and was told that the SUV she believed was a chevy but wasn't sure of the model.

She believes it was a man driving and did not recognize him.

Kona, just so I understand this correctly, this source of yours is just now coming forward with the information about the white SUV? If that is the case, the stated reason for not coming forward is that she saw this SUV driving up and down the street, noted it enough in her mind, but failed to find it significant enough to report at the time?

Just trying to make sure I have this straight.

 

[mysticrose]

Kona, just so I understand this correctly, this source of yours is just now coming forward with the information about the white SUV? If that is the case, the stated reason for not coming forward is that she saw this SUV driving up and down the street, noted it enough in her mind, but failed to find it significant enough to report at the time?

Just trying to make sure I have this straight.

Hi Cyber I am not kona, but here is their post a few post's back:

Originaly posted by KONAMOCHA #492
ok, I have a new rumor.... possibly...
eye witness saw a white SUV with fancy wheels driving up and down 5th street area in Mccleary several times that day. She did not get the license plate but did tell the authorities ..local LE and they did nothing. She stated the driver was not a local and she knows a lot of people in our town. She thought it was odd about the vehicle but didn't report it cuz not a crime to drive on the streets. She immediately reported it when she heard about LB !!

 

[cyberswept]

Hi Cyber I am not kona, but here is their post a few post's back:

Originaly posted by KONAMOCHA #492
ok, I have a new rumor.... possibly...
eye witness saw a white SUV with fancy wheels driving up and down 5th street area in Mccleary several times that day. She did not get the license plate but did tell the authorities ..local LE and they did nothing. She stated the driver was not a local and she knows a lot of people in our town. She thought it was odd about the vehicle but didn't report it cuz not a crime to drive on the streets. She immediately reported it when she heard about LB !!

Ok, thank you Mysticrose.

So was this white SUV ever reported in the newspaper or by the police as a possible clue/abductor? I don't remember seeing this. If it was reported as being suspicious, then I wonder why LE would not be including this information in her disappearance?

I have to admit, there is some conflicting data about this case that makes it hard to know what to believe.

 

[KONAMOCHA]

ITA Jennifer
We do need a rumor thread but I couldn't find one on here.

I get frustrated at times trying to find the right place to post things but I did state as a rumor in original post.

If there is a better place to post please let me know

thanks
~KONA~

 

[TakeNote]

if a rumor thread is needed then contact a mod....they will put the thread in the parking lot if they feel one is needed

 

[SeriouslySearching]

We need a rumor thread or something.

We are not allowed by the powers that be at this time.

 

[cyberswept]

We are not allowed by the powers that be at this time.

Slapping SS just because. :trout: Take that! :crazy:

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Nothing like being hit with a fresh Washington rainbow trout! LOL Now...take that thing out and get it on the grill. :blowkiss:

 

[KONAMOCHA]

so the mods don't want a rumor thread ?

 

[JenniferO]

so the mods don't want a rumor thread ?

Obviously not

 

[JenniferO]

Nothing like being hit with a fresh Washington rainbow trout! LOL Now...take that thing out and get it on the grill. :blowkiss:

I had fresh grilled salmon for dinner.

 

[Kimster]

I had fresh grilled salmon for dinner.

I had salmon patties last night! Oh, to be in the northwest! :blowkiss:

 

[JenniferO]

I had salmon patties last night! Oh, to be in the northwest! :blowkiss:

Salmon patties are tomorrow nights dinner using tonights leftovers. Yum!

My husband got a couple of Salmon this morning so they were as fresh as could be. He's sturgeon fishing right now.. I really hope he gets one. I almost paid $15 a pound today because I'm that desperate for some. lol

 

[Kimster]

I live right along the Willamette River. If we catch a sturgeon in there, we have to throw it back! grrrrr.....

SS, when you get hit on the head with a fish from a northwesterner, consider it dinner every time! Salmon, sturgeon, GREAT STUFF! <slurp!>

 

[cyberswept]

Nothing like being hit with a fresh Washington rainbow trout! LOL Now...take that thing out and get it on the grill. :blowkiss:

It's on!

 

[JenniferO]

I live right along the Willamette River. If we catch a sturgeon in there, we have to throw it back! grrrrr.....

SS, when you get hit on the head with a fish from a northwesterner, consider it dinner every time! Salmon, sturgeon, GREAT STUFF! <slurp!>

We have stiff regulations on them... we can only keep them if they are longer than 4 feet but less than 6 feet or something like that. I don't remember. My husband always catches them and they either to big or to small by like an inch.

I always tell him to cut off the head.. that'll make it shorter. He says that doesn't count