"Lindsey Baum" news

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.

The parents of Lindsey Baum, the 11-year-old girl who has been missing from McCleary for three weeks, gave another emotional plea to whoever has their daughter to bring her back home safe.