Lindsey Baum's father begs for daughter's safe return
July 7, 3:35 PM
Scott Baum, father of missing Lindsey Baum, pleaded for his daughter's safe return. Baum is on leave from the Tennessee National Guard and may face deployment to Iraq without knowing what happened to his little girl.
"Please bring my daughter home. I'm fixing to deploy to Iraq and tomorrow is her birthday," Baum said on Monday.
Lindsey disappeared the night of June 26 while walking home from a friend's house, just blocks away from her own home in McCleary, Wash.
Searchers continued to look for the girl on Monday and Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott said, "We're a long way from throwing in the towel."
The upcoming McCleary Bear Festival will be an opportunity for investigators to speak to more people and disseminate more information about Lindsey.
Today is Lindsey's 11th birthday.
"I would love nothing more than to see my daughter before I go," said Baum. "Please bring my daughter home before I have to leave."
Lindsey has brown hair and brown eyes, is 4'9" tall, 80 lbs., and was last seen wearing a light blue hooded pullover shirt and blue jeans.
If you have information regarding Lindsey, call the Grays Harbor Sheriff Office at 1-866-915-8299 or send an email to soadmin@co.grays-harbor.wa.us.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:01 am
THE BIKE
ABC News - June 30, 2009
Baum said she last saw her daughter when Lindsey, along with her 12-year-old brother, Josh, headed out to Lindsey's friend's house in hopes she could get permission to spend the night at the Baum's house. Baum said her children began squabbling over the use of Josh's bike on the way there and were stopped by a family friend who sent Josh home to end the argument. Lindsey continued on to her friend's house.
Kara Kampen: The conversation was apparently quite short and consisted of little more then a "Josh you need to go home" Josh trying to explain what was going on and the girls asking the lady to tell Josh to go home again.
Kara Kampen: Josh had gotten into so many spats that honestly were in a large part things he did not start but because he was the oldest he was the one who got in trouble. I've set down kids I've never met before to have a talk with them because I heard that they were antagonizing him to see if he'd blow up.
The Daily World - July 3, 2009
Kampen said she has replayed that Friday evening in her head over and over. So has her daughter, Michaela, 10, who spent the day swimming with Lindsey. They walked together with Josh Baum, 13, to the Kampen house. But halfway there, Michaela said they teased Josh, getting under his skin ...
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:03 am
KOMO News - June 28, 2009
A wide-ranging search was launched early Saturday in the town and the surrounding forests. The town was criss-crossed three times, but not a trace of Lindsey has been found. Even bloodhounds failed to pick up her scent.
Scott said authorities have run into several dead ends with almost no signs of the 4-foot-9, brown-haired girl, who was last spotted wearing a blue pullover shirt and blue jeans.
“I don’t know anything more than I knew Saturday afternoon,” he said, “but I’m not willing to admit that I know anything less.”
Scott said bloodhounds traced the route Lindsey took early on from the friend’s house to her own home, but didn’t find any scent. And in places where Lindsey once played — parks and by the creek — Lindsey’s scent has been vanishing.
The loss of scent could be a combination of factors — the heat on the sidewalk could have dissipated it for instance, he said.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:06 am
MikeB from WS took a lot more great images from his fly overs of McCleary. MikeB put the images on Flickr and asks that anyone viewing his images please: Click on small image then click on the map link and images will show up on the map.MikeB asks that anyone having time to please look very closely at the images with water for anything(or a body)that could have gotten snagged on something in the waters.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:07 am
Desparate search for missing girl, Lindsey Baum McCleary, WA. Lindsey Baum was walking home from a friend's house in the small town of McCleary, Washington on June 26, 2009 when she disappeared. “It's like she literally vanished,” said Melissa Baum, Lindsey's mother.
Despite extensive, well coordinated searches by law enforcement, Lindsey is still missing. Lindsey's mother has called on two national non-profit organizations, the KlaasKIDS Foundation and Laura Recovery Center (LRC), to organize a community volunteer search.
Brad Dennis, Director of Search Operations for the KlaasKIDS Foundation said they will be holding a community meeting at 7pm Thursday, August 27, 2009 at the McCleary Community Center. Community members are encouraged to attend and learn about the two organizations and plans for the weekend search. The McCleary Community Center is located at 726 W. Simpson Ave, McCleary, Washington 98577.
Individuals who would like to participate in the search for Lindsey should check in at the McCleary Community Center between the hours of 9 am and 4:30 pm on Friday, August 28th. Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older and bring photo identification. “Dress appropriately for the weather, wear long pants and sturdy, covered toe shoes. We need people who can do foot searches as well as individuals who are willing to work in the search center explained Dennis. Volunteers are not required to attend the community meeting. In addition, we are looking for donations of bottled water, office supplies and the use of a copier.”
For more information about the search or information on how you can donate supplies, volunteers can call the LRC toll free number 866-898-5723.
The KlaasKIDS Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization determined to stop crimes against children and assists families of missing children. Please visit www.klaaskids.org for more information.
Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:08 am
The Olympian Published: 08/22/09 12:00 am | Updated: 08/22/09 7:00 am
The KlaasKids Foundation is organizing a search in McCleary for Lindsey Baum, who has been missing for two months.
Lindsey, 11, last was seen in McCleary after 9 p.m. June 26, after she left a friend’s home on Maple Street by herself to walk about a half-mile to her home on Mommsen Road.
Despite a massive search, police have been unable to find Lindsey or say definitively whether she was abducted.
KlaasKids Foundation representatives will hold a community meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in McCleary at the McCleary Community Center.
The McCleary Community Center is at 726 W. Simpson Ave.
KlaasKids spokeswoman Tricia Griffith said the search will start at 9 a.m. Friday. People who want to help should check in at the McCleary Community Center between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. that day. Volunteers must be 18 or older and must bring photo identification.
Volunteers are advised to dress appropriately for the weather, wear long pants and wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes.
The KlaasKids Foundation was established by Marc Klaas in 1994 to stop crimes against children after the kidnapping and murder of his 12-year-old daughter, Polly Hannah Klaas. She was taken from her home in Petaluma, Calif.
Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:54 am
Police search for 10-year-old Lindsey Baum July 1, 2009 by: Express McCLEARY, Wash. - A search is under way in the small town of McCleary for a 10-year-old girl who didn’t make it home Friday night.
Lindsey J. Baum was last seen at roughly 9:15 p.m. on Maple Street. She was walking home from a friend’s house, and the distance she had to go was only about four blocks.
Family, friends and police are all aiding in the search.
Family members are concerned because she has never run away from home.
“We’re hoping that Lindsey’s just somewhere out there and she’s afraid she’s in trouble, and Lindsey you’re not in trouble - come home,” said Melissa McCann, a friend.”If anybody’s seen her, send her home.”
Lindsey is described as 4-foot 9-inches tall and 80 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a grey pullover hoodie with blue jeans and black shoes.
McCleary Police say she doesn’t have a history of running away, and since there are less than 2,000 people in town, someone would recognize her if she were walking the streets. Source
LINDSEY BAUM DOB: Jul 7, 1998 Missing: Jun 26, 2009 Height: 4′9″ (145 cm) Eyes: Brown Race: White Age Now: 10 Sex: Female Weight: 80 lbs (36 kg) Hair: Brown Missing From: MCCLEARY WA United States Lindsey was last seen leaving a friend’s house on the evening of June 26, 2009. She was last seen wearing a light blue hooded pullover shirt and blue jeans.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:55 am
Lindsey Baum - 10-year old Lindsey Baum, aka Lindsay Baum, disappeared Friday evening while walking four blocks home in small town McCleary, Washington.
Lindsey Baum is 4′ 9″ tall, 80 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a gray or blue hooded pullover sweatshirt, with blue jeans and black shoes.
Lindsey was at her best friend’s house, hoping that her friend could come home with her and spend the night. Lindsey went there with her 12-year old brother Josh, but their vocal squabbling on the way led to a neighbor intervening and sending Josh home without his younger sister. Lindsey had also left her cell phone at home recharging the battery.
After finding out her friend couldn’t spend the night, Lindsey headed home in plenty of time to meet her 10 p.m. curfew.
When she didn’t show up, her mother Melissa Baum got anxious and began searching for her missing daughter, even letting the family’s German Shepherd off the leash in hopes he could find her scent.
By 10:45 p.m. and with no sign of the 10-year old girl, Melissa Baum called police.
The frantic search revealed no sign of the young girl and nothing unusual being seen by neighbors in the small town of 1,500 people.
Lindsey was last seen about halfway home by a woman who was on her way to work, but despite massive police and FBI searches the next four days, no other clues or tips have turned up.
“I think she’s alive,” Melissa Baum said. “I really and truly feel that strongly in my heart.”
“If we can find her,” her mother said, “we can work through anything.”
“In my heart I know she’s alive, but I need her home.”
And that’s the latest news on the disappearance of 10-year old Lindsey Baum.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:55 am
Have You Seen Lindsey Baum ? Case Type: Endangered Missing Missing Date: Friday 26th June 2009 Missing From: McCleary Grays Harbor Washington Missing Country: USA Sex: Female DOB: 07/Jul/1998 Age Now: 10 Specific Details:Hair: brown Eye Color: brown Height: 4ft 9in Weight: 80 pounds Race: white language: n/a
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Known Circumstances: Search on for missing McCleary girl MCCLEARY — Police are asking the public’s assistance in locating a 10-year-old McCleary girl who did not return home Friday night from a visit with a friend. “I just need my daughter home,” said Melissa Baum, mother of Lindsey Baum. “Lindsey, please come home, you’re not in trouble.” Lindsey Baum was wearing a hooded sweatshirt that was either gray or blue, jeans and black sneakers, was walking from her friend’s house on Maple Street to her own home on Mommsen Road, a four-block distance, and was last seen at about 9:15 p.m., said Sgt. Ed Patrick with the Grays Harbor Sheriffs Office. Baum’s mother called the McCleary Police Department at 10:50 p.m., having waited in case her daughter had stopped to talk to her friend or otherwise dawdled, Patrick said. Melissa Baum said Lindsey wasn’t angry Friday night, and left without money, a change of clothes or her cellphone. Police have searched for the girl in the homes of her friends, in case she had been “hiding out.” “She wouldn’t have run away,” Baum said, her voice hoarse. “If she had been hiding she would have come out by now. She can’t hide that long, she loves to talk.” Baum called her daughter a “mama’s girl,” and said the two were re-reading the Harry Potter books aloud to prepare for the upcoming movie. Lindsey wanted to have her friend over to read with them, and left while it was still light out. Chief George Crumb of the McCleary Police Department said friends and family are assisting the search, and that while his department hopes Baum just ran off on her own, “she’s been gone far too long.”
Melissa Baum said she is afraid someone has taken her daughter, and taken her away from McCleary. “If anyone does have her, bring her back home or take her to a pay phone where she can call home,” Baum said. In the five years Crumb has been with McCleary there has not been an abduction. No Amber Alert was initiated because no one had seen anyone take her. Lindsey Baum was simply reported as a missing child. “It did not meet any of the criteria for an Amber Alert,” Crumb said. McCleary Police set up the initial search, but called in the Sheriffs Office at 4 a.m., Patrick said. Thurston County sheriffs deputies are also assisting. “We are keeping our fingers crossed,” Crumb said. Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Grays Harbor Emergency 911 Center at 360-533-8765 or the McCleary Police Department at 360-495-3107.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:56 am
FBI Joins Search for Missing Washington State Girl Updated: Monday, 29 Jun 2009, 7:46 PM EDT Published : Monday, 29 Jun 2009, 5:46 PM EDT
FBI agents have joined the search for a 10-year-old Grays Harbor County girl missing since Friday night.
Lindsey Baum was last seen walking home from a friend's house about six blocks from her own home in the small town of McCleary.
Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott says law enforcement officers were canvassing the city Sunday. He says search and rescue volunteers and others combed the area Saturday where the girl was last seen but "didn't yield anything."
Scott says there's no evidence of foul play, but his agency is "beginning to investigate with that possibility in mind."
The girl's mother reported her missing at Friday night.
"I just need my daughter home," Melissa Baum, the girl's mother told The Aberdeen Daily World. She said she's afraid someone has taken her daughter and away from McCleary, a town of about 1,500.
McCleary Police Chief George Crumb told the newspaper that while his department hoped she ran off, "she's been gone far too long."
"This is a small town. These things don't happen. And yet here they are," Melissa McCann, a family friend told KOMO-TV. "She comes from her friend's [house] a lot, so it doesn't make sense that she didn't show up at home. We're just baffled."
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:56 am
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:57 am
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:57 am
Lindsey Baum
Desparate search for missing girl, Lindsey Baum
McCleary, WA. Lindsey Baum was walking home from a friend's house in the small town of McCleary, Washington on June 26, 2009 when she disappeared. “It's like she literally vanished,” said Melissa Baum, Lindsey's mother. Despite extensive, well coordinated searches by law enforcement, Lindsey is still missing. Lindsey's mother has called on two national non-profit organizations, the KlaasKIDS Foundation and Laura Recovery Center (LRC), to organize a community volunteer search. Brad Dennis, Director of Search Operations for the KlaasKIDS Foundation said they will be holding a community meeting at 7pm Thursday, August 27, 2009 at the McCleary Community Center. Community members are encouraged to attend and learn about the two organizations and plans for the weekend search. The McCleary Community Center is located at 726 W. Simpson Ave, McCleary, Washington 98577. Individuals who would like to participate in the search for Lindsey should check in at the McCleary Community Center between the hours of 9 am and 4:30 pm on Friday, August 28th. Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older and bring photo identification. “Dress appropriately for the weather, wear long pants and sturdy, covered toe shoes. We need people who can do foot searches as well as individuals who are willing to work in the search center explained Dennis. Volunteers are not required to attend the community meeting. In addition, we are looking for donations of bottled water, office supplies and the use of a copier.” For more information about the search or information on how you can donate supplies, volunteers can call the LRC toll free number 866-898-5723.
The KlaasKIDS Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization determined to stop crimes against children and assists families of missing children. Please visit www.klaaskids.org for more information.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:58 am
Lindsey Baum National missing child assistance organizations plan to host a community meeting and coordinate new search efforts next week for 11-year-old Lindsey Baum, who disappeared from McCleary in late June. The KlaasKIDS Foundation and the Laura Recovery Center plan to hold a community meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 27, at the McCleary Community Center on Simpson Avenue to launch the new effort. The meeting will address resources available through the organizations and plans for a new search of the McCleary area over the weekend. A KlaasKIDS news release said all search volunteers must be at least 18 years old with photo identification. Volunteers for the weekend search should dress for the weather, including long pants and sturdy shoes. Baum disappeared on June 26 while walking a short distance home from her friend’s house late in the evening. The 4-foot-9, brown-haired girl was wearing a light blue hooded shirt and jeans at the time. Despite a massive search from multiple law enforcement agencies, investigators have found no evidence explaining her disappearance.The organizations stated they hope local businesses or families can donate bottled water, office supplies or copying facilities. For information on making donations, call the Laura Recovery Center at 1-866-898-5723. Law enforcement officials are asking anyone who might have any information about the whereabouts of Lindsey Baum to come forward with tips. Tips can be made by phone at 1-866-915-8299 or via e-mail at soadmin@co.grays-harbor.wa.us.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:58 am
MCCLEARY, Wash. -- The search for missing 11-year-old Lindsey Baum got nationwide attention when her parents appeared on CBS' 'The Early Show' Monday morning.“My heart tells me she is alive; where I don’t know,” Melissa Baum, Lindsey’s mother, said on 'The Early Show.' “I would give anything to know where she is.”Lindsey disappeared on June 26 while walking home in McCleary and although thousands of fliers have been passed out and both the FBI and law enforcement in McCleary have been searching for her, there has been no sign of Lindsey. Her 11th birthday was July 7.Authorities have been working on the theory that she might have run away to Tennessee, where her father lives, but Rick Scott of the Gray’s Harbor County Sheriff’s Office said it’s unlikely that someone her age would be gone this long without “surfacing in some manner.” Lindsey’s father, Scott Baum, a member of the Tennessee National Guard who is deploying to Iraq soon, told authorities that he has not seen or heard from his daughter since her disappearance.Lindsey is 4 feet 9 inches tall, 80 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a light blue hooded pullover shirt and blue jeans.Officials have not had any new developments in the case but ask anyone with information to contact the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s office at 866-915-8299 or send an e-mail to: soadmin@co.grays-harbor.wa.us.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:59 am
Lindsey Baum Lindsey Baum’s father returned to Tennessee last weekend to attend to personal issues and sort out his possible deployment to Iraq, according to The Daily World of Aberdeen. Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott told the newspaper that Scott Baum, a member of the Tennessee National Guard who has orders to deploy to Iraq, headed home but hopes to remain in the country to help with the effort to find his 11-year-old daughter. Scott said Baum had a round-trip ticket so he could return quickly if anything changed. Baum went missing June 26 as she walked a few blocks from a friend’s house to her home in McCleary. The 4-foot-9, brown-haired girl last was seen wearing a light-blue hooded shirt, blue jeans and black shoes. Scott said Lindsey’s mother, Melissa Baum, has worked with family members to start two Web sites dedicated to the search: www.findlindseybaum.com and www.lindseybaum.com. Investigators hope a $6,000 reward will prompt someone to come forward with information about Lindsey’s disappearance. The money is being offered by Crimestoppers and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Anyone with information is asked to call local authorities or the investigation’s tip line at 866-915-8299.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey Baum (10) 6/26/09 McCleary,Wash. Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:59 am
Investigators comb a site near McCleary on Friday after search warrants were issued in connection with the disappearance of Lindsey Baum, 11. Volunteers won't give up on Lindsey Baum FBI joins search for missing 10-year-old girl Story Published: Sep 25, 2009 at 11:06 AM PDT
Story Updated: Sep 26, 2009 at 4:58 PM PDT By KOMO Staff Watch the story MCCLEARY, Wash. - In what could be a big break in the case of a missing 11-year-old girl, authorities executed search warrants Friday at two locations to seek evidence in the mysterious disappearance of Lindsey Baum. 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.
Lindsey Baum Lindsey disappeared June 26 while walking home from a friend's house in the small mill town of McCleary, and several searches have been carried out since then for her. None of them has turned up any evidence.
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.
Lindsey's mother, Melissa Baum, said she's cautiously hopeful about Friday's developments. "I'm trying not to get too excited, but this could be a break," she said.
Video shot by KOMO News' Air 4 showed law enforcement personnel combing at least two sites near McCleary on Friday.
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.
"We know what she was last wearing," he said.
Lindsey's mother says everybody is considered a suspect. "Don't trust anyone anymore - it could be anybody," she said.
Lindsey's disappearance has baffled and alarmed residents of McCleary, a small town where everyone knows their neighbors.
Lindsey was last seen between 9 and 10 p.m. June 26 when she left her friend's home on Maple Street, where she had been visiting.
Lindsey was going to walk the four blocks to her home on Mommsen Road, which is roughly a 10-minute walk. But something happened in that short distance - Lindsey never arrived home.
On Saturday night, there will be an 8 p.m. candlelight vigil in McCleary to mark the three-month anniversary of the day Lindsey Baum vanished.
This is a developing news story. More information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.
Lindsey’s 11th birthday came and went in early July with searchers seemingly no closer to finder her than they were on June 26th when she vanished.
That month law enforcement officials in Grays Harbor County said it appears “likely” that Lindsey was abducted, perhaps by someone she knew.
Authorities at that time were urging residents in the area to report any unusual behavior they might have noticed that might point to an abductor, such as a person suddenly cutting or dyeing hair, an unexplained absence from work or cuts or bruises on the arms and face.