Lindsey Baum featured on cover of People
MCCLEARY, Wash. -- The 10-year-old girl who disappeared while walking home from a friend's house in June is on the cover of People magazine.
Lindsey Baum is one of six people featured in the next issue. She and the five others all vanished without a trace.
The national attention is a ray of hope for Lindsey Baum's mother, Melissa Baum.
The grief-stricken mother is surrounded by pictures of her daughter, posters of well wishes, business cards and fliers.She's hoping for even the smallest of clues that will lead her to her daughter.
"I just want to bring her home," she said. "I want people to see her and look for her."
Everyone in the tiny town of McCleary knows of Melissa Baum's grief. Many of them have helped searchers comb the area for signs of the missing girl.
But when People magazine hits newsstands on Friday, people in every state will know Lindsey Baum's story. Her mother hopes the magazine will help bring new evidence to light.
"I didn't know she was going to be on the cover, so I'm really happy about that," she said. "Somebody out there knows something."
Melissa Baum said her maternal instinct tells her her daughter is somewhere nearby.
On a June night long before the sunset, Lindsey Baum left a friend's house and started a seven-block walk home. Since then, thousands of tips have been called in, but not one solid lead has surfaced.
Months have passed without any news from the missing girl, but her mother has faithfully organized search parties every weekend since.
But interest is dwindling. Last weekend, only a few volunteers joined the desperate mother.
Melissa Baum doesn't believe the $10,000 reward being offered in the case is sufficient to motivate a solid tip.
Donations for the reward fund are being collected at all branches of Sterling Saving Bank.
Lindsey Baum is one of six people featured in the next issue. She and the five others all vanished without a trace.
The national attention is a ray of hope for Lindsey Baum's mother, Melissa Baum.
The grief-stricken mother is surrounded by pictures of her daughter, posters of well wishes, business cards and fliers.She's hoping for even the smallest of clues that will lead her to her daughter.
"I just want to bring her home," she said. "I want people to see her and look for her."
Everyone in the tiny town of McCleary knows of Melissa Baum's grief. Many of them have helped searchers comb the area for signs of the missing girl.
But when People magazine hits newsstands on Friday, people in every state will know Lindsey Baum's story. Her mother hopes the magazine will help bring new evidence to light.
"I didn't know she was going to be on the cover, so I'm really happy about that," she said. "Somebody out there knows something."
Melissa Baum said her maternal instinct tells her her daughter is somewhere nearby.
On a June night long before the sunset, Lindsey Baum left a friend's house and started a seven-block walk home. Since then, thousands of tips have been called in, but not one solid lead has surfaced.
Months have passed without any news from the missing girl, but her mother has faithfully organized search parties every weekend since.
But interest is dwindling. Last weekend, only a few volunteers joined the desperate mother.
Melissa Baum doesn't believe the $10,000 reward being offered in the case is sufficient to motivate a solid tip.
Donations for the reward fund are being collected at all branches of Sterling Saving Bank.