No breakthroughs in Lindsey Baum disappearance
MCCLEARY, Wash. - 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.
Officials executed search warrants Friday at two rural properties near the small town where Lindsey Baum vanished June 26 while walking home from a friend's home. The agents continued their work at both properties on Saturday.
But as Lindsey's mother, Melissa, and other local residents waited eagerly for any news, there was no indication that the searches had turned up any evidence that could help find Lindsey or explain her disappearance.
It's been exactly three months since Lindsey went missing - an entire season has passed.
Yet a dark cloud still hangs over the town of McCleary even on a beautiful, warm fall day.
Flyers and posters with her picture on it remain plastered all over town. Marquee boards at the school still have a reminder that Lindsey is not forgotten.
And about a mile and a half southwest of McCleary there is now a law enforcement checkpoint, where only residents can get by.
It is down this road that local and federal agents served a search warrant at a home and a nearby property on Friday, beginning an exhaustive investigation at both locations.
A team from the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Department, the King County Sheriff's Department and the FBI has set up a mobile command post, as they comb through the house, land and even cars for potential evidence.
Officials say tips by citizens - deemed "credible information" - led them to the 11-acre property nestled in the woods.
The owners are said to be cooperating with investigators. But no one's been arrested, and there's currently no "person of interest."
The renewed police activity this weekend in relation to Lindsey's disappearance has residents in this small town wondering if answers will soon emerge.
"I have kids and grandkids myself," says David Norris, a local resident. "I know it would just tear me up if I had to wait. I think even though you hate to think of her being out there in the ground someplace, it would still bring closure."
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.
Next weekend another all-out search is scheduled in the area, with volunteers set to help out Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Officials executed search warrants Friday at two rural properties near the small town where Lindsey Baum vanished June 26 while walking home from a friend's home. The agents continued their work at both properties on Saturday.
But as Lindsey's mother, Melissa, and other local residents waited eagerly for any news, there was no indication that the searches had turned up any evidence that could help find Lindsey or explain her disappearance.
It's been exactly three months since Lindsey went missing - an entire season has passed.
Yet a dark cloud still hangs over the town of McCleary even on a beautiful, warm fall day.
Flyers and posters with her picture on it remain plastered all over town. Marquee boards at the school still have a reminder that Lindsey is not forgotten.
And about a mile and a half southwest of McCleary there is now a law enforcement checkpoint, where only residents can get by.
It is down this road that local and federal agents served a search warrant at a home and a nearby property on Friday, beginning an exhaustive investigation at both locations.
A team from the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Department, the King County Sheriff's Department and the FBI has set up a mobile command post, as they comb through the house, land and even cars for potential evidence.
Officials say tips by citizens - deemed "credible information" - led them to the 11-acre property nestled in the woods.
The owners are said to be cooperating with investigators. But no one's been arrested, and there's currently no "person of interest."
The renewed police activity this weekend in relation to Lindsey's disappearance has residents in this small town wondering if answers will soon emerge.
"I have kids and grandkids myself," says David Norris, a local resident. "I know it would just tear me up if I had to wait. I think even though you hate to think of her being out there in the ground someplace, it would still bring closure."
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.
Next weekend another all-out search is scheduled in the area, with volunteers set to help out Friday, Saturday and Sunday.