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Officials have announced a $20,000 reward for information in the disappearance of Lindsey Baum, who vanished while walking home summer, and investigators are planning a renewed search effort.

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 hope to get the Legislature interested in helping out in the search for the little girl.

Lindsey Baum is one of six people featured in the next issue of People magazine. The McCleary girl and the five others all vanished without a trace. The national attention is a ray of hope for Lindsey Baum's mother, Melissa Baum.

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.

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.

Frustration is boiling over in this small Western Washington town where a weekend search for Lindsey 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.

Sheriff's deputies and FBI agents reported no breakthroughs Saturday in the second day of a search for clues into the mysterious disappearance of an 11-year-old McCleary girl.

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 in McCleary to seek evidence in the mysterious disappearance of Lindsey Baum.

Months of disappointments haven't sapped the strength of a search effort for a missing McCleary girl. It's slow going, poking through the brush - but volunteers say it's worth any effort to find a clue to Lindsey's disappearance.

Two national missing child assistance groups are organizing a search this weekend for an 11-year-old McCleary girl who has been missing since June.

Facing mounting budget deficits, Thurston County was shut out of federal dollars for police due to a low crime rate, while Grays Harbor County scored a 97 on the stimulus money litmus test -- and still got zilch.

It's been more than a month since Lindsey Baum disappeared while walking home from a friend's house, but investigators are not giving up.

Investigators hope a $6,000 reward will prompt someone to come forward with information about the disappearance of an 11-year-old McCleary girl last month.Lindsey Baum vanished June 26 after leaving a friend's house to walk home.

Police are investigating whether the attempted abduction of a girl in Tumwater on Wednesday is linked to last month's highly publicized disappearance of 11-year-old Lindsey Baum in McCleary. Officials say three men tried to kidnap the 14-year-old girl in broad daylight on Wednesday.