Re: Lindsey Baum -- Missing 6/26/09

by Justice4all on Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:41 am

Warrants served in Baum case

McCLEARY – Law enforcement officials began serving search warrants in the McCleary area Friday morning after “credible information” emerged that might help investigators find Lindsey Baum, the 11-year-old McCleary girl who disappeared three months ago Saturday.

“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,” Sgt. Steve Shumate of the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office read from a statement Friday morning. “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.

Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/983401.html

I'm glad there is finally some movement in this case. I hope the information really is credible and finally helps LE find Lindsey.

by awaiting justice on Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:04 pm

Thanks for the heads up J4a.. Lindsey needs to come home, and her poor family needs anwers.

by FystyAngel on Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:25 pm

Areas near McCleary searched for missing girl
Missing Girl: No big findings reported
STEVEN FRIEDERICH - THE DAILY WORLD - ABERDEEN
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McCLEARY - Investigators have yet to find the "smoking gun" that will lead them to 11-year-old Lindsey Baum, who has been missing for three months as of Saturday.

The Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office served search warrants on two residences outside the McCleary city limits Friday and began combing through junk cars and a number of buildings.

The search on the properties in question intensified Saturday, bumping up the number of civilian search-and-rescue experts and law enforcement personnel from 30 on Friday to 50 on Saturday. Search dogs also were brought in.

conducted interviews with a number of people Friday but that no suspects have been named, and no arrests have been made.

“So far, we have not found that smoking gun; we have not found anything that would jump out at us. But without forensic analysis done at the lab, we can’t really say whether what we’ve found will help our cause or not,” he said.

Baum disappeared a few blocks away from her home near downtown McCleary. Despite two confirmed sightings within blocks of her house, no trace of her has been found.

Pimentel said he couldn’t reveal what led detectives to two isolated locations along Foreman Road, just outside McCleary. Deputies were restricting access to the road and checking licenses to make sure only local residents could get through a road block. The restrictions were in place through Sunday.

Detectives combed an abandoned home and an adjoining shed or barn from morning until night Friday. The property is on about 11 acres of land, Pimentel said. On Saturday, Pimentel said, detectives brought in search dogs and search-and-rescue experts to help search the surrounding brush, trees and grasslands.

At a second site, detectives set up a mobile command unit from the King County Sheriff’s Office near dozens of junk cars and debris at a second residence along Foreman Road. The property owners were told to leave the area.

Investigators have been wearing white protective gear during their search of the buildings. Pimentel said that’s typical when gathering evidence, although many people link the clothing to potential drug lab investigations. Pimentel said there was no fear either location housed a drug or meth lab.

Pimentel noted that although the search warrants are getting a lot of attention, the sheriff’s office has “served dozens of search warrants” during the course of the three-month investigation.

“This is just one tip we’ve received that we decided to follow up on out of thousands, literally, thousands of tips,” Pimentel said. “The people we talked to yesterday were among the hundreds and hundreds of people we’ve talked to, as well.”

by sitemama on Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:42 pm

What's with so many pre-teen girls disappearing lately?

We just had a case in the news last week about a 12 year old and her 11 year old sister who have disappeared. The 12 year old is almost 9 months pregnant, and was to have labor induced last Thursday. The girls are black, I think, and the step father is white. He is also missing and the mom thinks he has the girls. I will try to find a written link about this if I can. Not too good with that kind of thing.

by Justice4all on Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:39 am

Detective thinks missing Wash. girl was kidnapped

MCCLEARY, Wash. A detective's affidavit indicates he believes a missing 11-year-old McCleary girl was kidnapped and sheds light on why Grays Harbor County sheriff's officers recently served search warrants on properties linked to a McCleary man.

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.

Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/latestheadlines/story/1097735.html

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

by awaiting justice on Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:46 am

Thanks J4A,

The statement he made wud be alrming, but I wud like to know what other inconsistency there was.. PPl can be confused with evenst like that. Unfortunatly there are so many of these cases in the news, you wonder, if he was listening to NG and was actually hearing about a diff story...
I really wud like to know what else he was inconsistent with, alomg with his criminal record. Anyone who wud have kidnapped this girl is prolly a ped, and one wud think that the first time he acted, wud have resulted in a missing or murdered young girl..

by Justice4all on Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:46 am

After four months, authorities have little evidence in Lindsey Baum case

MCCLEARY – Police Chief George Crumb said he used to look out his office window from the police station on Summit Road and see Lindsey Baum walking with her regular group of friends.

“She was pretty much a daily fixture of the area,” Crumb said of Lindsey, who was 10 when she went missing not two blocks from the police station as she walked to her home from a friend’s June 26. “She seemed to be, you could even say, the leader of the little group.”

Before she disappeared, Crumb thought nothing of noticing Lindsey - in this small town of about 1,500, all the locals know the neighborhood children by name.

“It wasn’t unusual to see her along with everything else,” Crumb said.

As summer has turned to fall, more than four months have passed with no sign of what happened to Lindsey. Residents say the girl’s absence, and the fear of what might have happened to her, have the entire town hurting.

“I totally think it’s affected the whole town,” Diana Hasbrouck, co-owner of Rain Country Restaurant, said between serving customers Wednesday, standing with a half-full pot of coffee in one hand. “See the streets right now?” she added, gesturing toward the empty sidewalks outside the restaurant. “That’s the way it’s been all summer.”

McCleary no longer is a town where people leave their doors unlocked, said Willa Smith-Creamer, a cook at the restaurant.

“People are more apt to keep their kids inside now,” said Smith-Creamer, 33, a lifelong McCleary resident. “I used to leave my doors unlocked all the time, and now I don’t.”

http://www.theolympian.com/672/story/1021596.html

It is sad that they haven't made any progress in this case. It is also sad that a child predator has made everybody afraid to go outside. I wish something could be done so we could take our streets and towns back from these lowlifes.

by Booklover on Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:53 pm

As much as I believe in miracles, I don't believe Lindsey is alive. Sad

I think some predator took her. In my opinion, the odds that she will ever be found are pretty slim.

by Justice4all on Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:58 am

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Weekend-vigil-scheduled-for-missing-girl-82402087.html

by DREW MIKKELSEN / KING 5 News

Posted on January 22, 2010 at 8:20 PM
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OLYMPIA, Wash. Volunteers are holding a candlelight vigil for Lindsey Baum Saturday night at Olympia's Heritage Park.

The ten-year-old was last seen walking home from a friend's house in McCleary last June.

Police has asked the public for help, but no one has come forward with anything that might lead them to her.

The vigil begins at 6 p.m. Organizers expect it to last one hour. Attendees are encouraged to bring candles.

by Justice4all on Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:24 am

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Seven months after 10-year-old Lindsey Baum disappeared in the small town of McCleary, her supporters staged a candlelight vigil for her Saturday in the state Capitol.

They're hoping to get the Legislature interested in helping out in the search for the little girl.

Lindsey vanished June 26 while walking home from a friend's house around dusk.

Now her mother and an ardent group of volunteers have brought their plea for help to Olympia's Heritage Park, just in the shadow of the state Capitol building.

The candlelight vigil is an attempt to keep the search for Lindsey alive, to offer renewed faith that she will be found - and to keep the missing girl in the news so she won't become a cold case.

Lindsey was 10 years old when she vanished; now she'd be 11.

Investigators have received more than 1,200 tips - but no substantial leads. Volunteer searches have turned up nothing but frustration.

In November, Lindsey's face graced the cover of People magazine, along with a California girl who is missing. If that generated a substantial lead, investigators are keeping it to themselves.

Lindsey's mother is now hoping that a government-sponsored increase in the reward fund will stimulate someone to talk.

"California is going bankrupt, and Arnold Schwarzenegger donated $40,000 to Amber Dubois' reward fund - so her reward fund is up to $100,000, and Lindsey's is at $10,000," says Melissa Baum.

"And you know - somebody out there knows something, and if their morals and their hearts won't make them come forward - maybe money will."

Keeping the faith is what the vigil is all about - staying focused, staying determined not to letting the search for Lindsey become an afterthought - is the pledge all of Lindsey's friends have made.

"The person who took Lindsey - please bring her back. Just bring her back," says her friend, Julie Colbert. "If you can't bring her back, then call somebody and tell us where to find her and we'll go get her."

Schwarzenegger's offer for Amber Dubois was $40,000 in state funds - the remaining $60,000 was raised by the California girl's family.

Law enforcement has traditionally said that high rewards have caused people to talk in the past.

Source: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/82529227.html

by Justice4all on Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:12 pm

by KING Staff

Posted on January 27, 2010 at 12:25 PM

Updated today at 12:30 PM

MCCLEARY, Wash. - The reward is being increased to $20,000 in the case of a missing Grays Harbor County girl.

Eleven- year-old Lindsey Baum disappeared seven months ago while walking home from a friend's house in McCleary.

The Gray's Harbor County Sheriff's Office says there are no new breaks in the case but they hope increasing the reward may bring more tips.

At a press conference Wednesday, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Ron Twersky of the FBI said the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team will get a "fresh eyes look" at the investigation and will make recommendations for how the investigation should proceed.

"The work has been extensive but we just need that break and we know that break is out there so that's what this review and this effort is all about," said Twersky.

Baum's mother asked anyone with information to come forward.

"Our world is standing still," said Melissa Baum. "It's hard to stand here and watch the entire world keep going on because our lives aren't moving. We're just frozen in time, waiting for her to come home. So if you know anything please just come forward with a little bit of information because that's what it would take to bring her home is the smallest little tip."

Source: http://www.nwcn.com/news/Reward-increased-in-case-of-missing-McCleary-girl-82818452.html

by Cali on Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:43 am

I googled new programs about missing people, and there is a TV series called "Missing" that lists Lindsey Baum as one of the missing that will be featured on their episode for 2/22/10. I don't recall if I've watched this particular program series.

by awaiting justice on Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:59 am

That sounds like a great show... i can only hope NG has nothing to do with it...
Im glad Lindsay will be highlighted..

by Cali on Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:15 am

Nancy Grace has deserted the plight of the helpless missing ones in favor of the more measurable/profitable number of viewers each night tuned to her "N.G. showy".

by Justice4all on Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:41 pm

8-year-old finds human remains near Toledo, Wash.

Story Updated: Feb 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM PST

TOLEDO, Wash. - An 8-year-old boy came upon human remains while playing in a brushy area near the Cowlitz River on Thursday afternoon.

The grisly discovery was made around 3:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Cougar Lane, Lewis County Sheriff's deputies said.

Detectives are searching the area but didn't have any information yet on how long the remains had been there or how the person died.

Aerial footage of the scene captured by KOMO News' Air 4 shows detectives combing the area with cadaver dogs. A search team also can be seen forming up near the rural site.

Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott said authorities do not have any indication that the remains might belong to Lindsey Baum, the young girl who disappeared June 26 in the small town of McCleary, about 50 miles away.

This is a breaking news story. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

http://www.katu.com/news/local/84802707.html

by Justice4all on Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:43 pm

If it's not Lindsey, it is still somebody else's loved one. I pray for the family of whoever it is.

by Justice4all on Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:55 pm

FBI searching home of missing McCleary girl

by KING5.com Staff
Posted on February 26, 2010 at 3:42 PM

McCleary, Wash. – FBI agents are searching the home of Lindsey Baum, the 11-year-old girl who has been missing since June 2009, according to the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office.

Baum was last seen walking home from a friend's house about six blocks from her home on June 26, 2009.

The sheriff's office said area residents were told recently that they would see an increase in activity and searching of additional sites.

Friday's search was not the result of a search warrant. The sheriff's office says Lindsey's mother, Melissa, allowed the agents to come inside.

More searches are expected on Monday.

http://www.krem.com/news/northwest-news/FBI-searching-home-of-missing-McCleary-girl-85574042.html

by Justice4all on Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:17 pm

FBI revisits Baum investigation

Missing Girl: Agents team with local officers to retrace steps

JACOB JONES; The Daily World
March 03, 2010

MCCLEARY – Federal and local authorities launched a new push for clues in the disappearance of 11-year-old Lindsey Baum on Monday as teams of investigators returned to the McCleary street where she last was seen.

Like door-to-door salesmen in blue windbreakers, FBI agents and local officers spent the day knocking on doors along Maple Street, greeting many residents with questions that had been asked before.

Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott said detectives and federal agents intend to re-question many people along the neighborhood street as part of a larger review of the investigation.

“We’re not plowing any new ground,” Scott said. “We’re just going over what we’ve already done.”

Investigators are following new recommendations from the FBI Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team, which specializes in kidnapping cases nationwide. Scott said the FBI team has been advising detectives since the beginning of the search, but its experts recently finished a third-party review of the investigation and offered suggestions on new approaches and follow-up interviews.

“Today was sort of the kickoff,” Scott said. He later added, “These are the techniques and these are the recommendations that have been successful” in other cases.

Lindsey Baum went missing June 26 while walking a short distance back home along Maple Street. She was sighted twice along the way, but investigators have found no evidence explaining how she disappeared.

FBI agents teamed up with officers from several departments Monday to make the door-to-door interviews. Scott said departments from Aberdeen, McCleary, Montesano, Lacey, Thurston County, Mason County, the State Patrol and others volunteered officers to help in the effort.

A couple of dozen officers combed the streets, stopping to chat with homeowners. Police cruisers crowded the main roads.

Scott said investigators have prioritized the expert recommendations and hope to keep the extra officers around for several days to complete the new round of interviews.

“We want to do it until it’s done,” he said.

The FBI brought in profilers, psychologists, computer technicians and many others to work on the case, Scott said. They also provided a mobile command center to serve as a clearinghouse for any information collected.

“There’s a lot of resources the FBI can bring to the table,” he said.

Some residents invited investigators inside. Others hung in the doorways to ask questions, the sessions lasting minutes or hours.

Standing outside his mother’s Maple Street home, David Belcher said investigators spent about three hours Monday morning interviewing him and the others at the house.

“They were really polite,” he said. “Whatever it takes, as long as they find out who did this.”

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/03/03/1158435/fbi-revisits-baum-investigation.html?

by tish on Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:52 pm

I think it's great that these LE are so dedicated to finding Lindsey - it's not like some other cases who literally just fall off the radar - no follow ups, nothing... it just goes cold... at least in this instance we KNOW they are working on it - any news on whose remains they found back on Feb 19? i found several reports on the findings, but nothing on the identification??

by Justice4all on Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:19 pm

Tish, it is great that this case is still actively being investigated. I haven't been able to find anything about an identification except an article that says the remains "belong to an adult and were in an advanced state of decomposition." http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/02/20/1078901/police-say-skeletal-remains-found.html

Lindsey Baum -- Missing 6/26/09