'Every day that goes by is just agony'
MCCLEARY, Wash. -- "Please, if anybody knows anything, even if you don't think it's important to you, it may be very beneficial to this case in bringing Lindsey home."
Lindsey Baum's father Scott made the emotional plea Wednesday as the family still waits for word of what happened to their daughter.
Lindsey disappeared June 26 walking home from a friend's house. Her parents are confident she's still alive.
"I feel her in my heart. I just know she's alive," said her mother Melissa. "I just want to say to whoever has my daughter: 'Please, just let her go.' I don't care who you are, I don't care where you are, I just want my daughter back."
The parents came forward Wednesday eager to make sure their daughter isn't forgotten.
"We want to keep her face out there," Melissa Baum said. "We want people to see who she is."
They've even created a couple of Web sites for folks to contact: lindseybaum.com and findlindseybaum.com.
"The search continues even though we don't see it," Scott Baum said. "There's still people out there looking for her. Everybody still has faith and that's all I can ask for is people don't give up on her."
Scott lives in Tennessee and is a member of the National Guard there. He was set to deploy to Iraq soon, but that may change.
"There's talk that they're not going to deploy me," he said.
It means he could stay stateside and stay on the search for his daughter.
"Just please bring my daughter home. Give us the peace of mind. Let her go unharmed."
Melissa added: "I still feel in my heart I know she's alive, but every day that goes by is just agony."
The Baum's have been contacted by other families across the nation who've been through the pain of a missing child offering words of encouragement, but saying it doesn't get easier.
Lindsey Baum's father Scott made the emotional plea Wednesday as the family still waits for word of what happened to their daughter.
Lindsey disappeared June 26 walking home from a friend's house. Her parents are confident she's still alive.
"I feel her in my heart. I just know she's alive," said her mother Melissa. "I just want to say to whoever has my daughter: 'Please, just let her go.' I don't care who you are, I don't care where you are, I just want my daughter back."
The parents came forward Wednesday eager to make sure their daughter isn't forgotten.
"We want to keep her face out there," Melissa Baum said. "We want people to see who she is."
They've even created a couple of Web sites for folks to contact: lindseybaum.com and findlindseybaum.com.
"The search continues even though we don't see it," Scott Baum said. "There's still people out there looking for her. Everybody still has faith and that's all I can ask for is people don't give up on her."
Scott lives in Tennessee and is a member of the National Guard there. He was set to deploy to Iraq soon, but that may change.
"There's talk that they're not going to deploy me," he said.
It means he could stay stateside and stay on the search for his daughter.
"Just please bring my daughter home. Give us the peace of mind. Let her go unharmed."
Melissa added: "I still feel in my heart I know she's alive, but every day that goes by is just agony."
The Baum's have been contacted by other families across the nation who've been through the pain of a missing child offering words of encouragement, but saying it doesn't get easier.