New search for Lindsey Baum launched
MCCLEARY, Wash. -- FBI agents have teamed-up with local investigators to fan through the small town of McCleary, hoping to find something that leads back to Lindsey Baum.
"I'm glad they are. At least you know there's somebody looking for her," said McCleary resident Donna Jebbett.
Baum was just 10 years old when she vanished while walking home from a friend's house last June.
Nine months have passed since, but investigators are no closer to solving this case than the day the girl disappeared.
So they're starting over.
"If it was my kid, or someone I knew, then I would want them doing this," said Terran Sisk, an area resident.
The FBI is putting its best resources into the Baum case. The agency moved in a high-tech command center to coordinate efforts, and has profilers and psychologists analyzing evidence.
Teams of two are going out to re-interview neighbors, and comb through what's already been collected.
"We're not plowing any new ground, but we're re-plowing a lot of old ground to see if there's some nugget of information there that we might have missed," said Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott.
Investigators made a final search of Baum's home last week because her mother was moving out.
The girl's disappearance has had a profound effect on the close-knit community, and some neighbors are still scared.
"You don't see anybody, even kids, down at the park playing very much anymore. The park's right next door to me and, you don't see kids out there playing anymore," said Jebbett.
Investigators say they'll keep searching for another eight to 12 days, but they say they'll never rest until the Baum family learn the truth in their daughter's disappearance.
"I'm glad they are. At least you know there's somebody looking for her," said McCleary resident Donna Jebbett.
Baum was just 10 years old when she vanished while walking home from a friend's house last June.
Nine months have passed since, but investigators are no closer to solving this case than the day the girl disappeared.
So they're starting over.
"If it was my kid, or someone I knew, then I would want them doing this," said Terran Sisk, an area resident.
The FBI is putting its best resources into the Baum case. The agency moved in a high-tech command center to coordinate efforts, and has profilers and psychologists analyzing evidence.
Teams of two are going out to re-interview neighbors, and comb through what's already been collected.
"We're not plowing any new ground, but we're re-plowing a lot of old ground to see if there's some nugget of information there that we might have missed," said Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott.
Investigators made a final search of Baum's home last week because her mother was moving out.
The girl's disappearance has had a profound effect on the close-knit community, and some neighbors are still scared.
"You don't see anybody, even kids, down at the park playing very much anymore. The park's right next door to me and, you don't see kids out there playing anymore," said Jebbett.
Investigators say they'll keep searching for another eight to 12 days, but they say they'll never rest until the Baum family learn the truth in their daughter's disappearance.