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Missing Date: Jun 26, 2009 Race: White DOB: Jul 7, 1998 Age Now: 11
Height: 4'9" (145 cm) Weight: 80 lbs (36 kg)
Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown
Lindsey was last seen leaving a friend's house on the evening of June 26, 2009.
She was wearing a hooded pullover shirt, blue jeans, and black slip on shoes.

Search intensifies for missing McCleary girl
McCLEARY, Wash. - The search for Lindsey Baum has intensified nearly three months after she disappeared.

Friday morning Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office investigators, along with FBI agents and members of the King County Sheriff's office, began serving search warrants in and around the McCleary area.
The warrants allow investigators a chance to thoroughly search private properties.

A Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office spokesperson said the search warrants were a result of their "continuing investigation." "They [the serving of the search warrants] started this morning and will continue through the weekend," said Grays Harbor County Sgt. Steve Shumate.

Investigators would not say where the locations were or if anyone was specifically being investigated as a suspect in Baum's disappearance.

Approximately 50 searchers will be working through the weekend.

Detectives told KING-5 "credible information" led them to search several properties in and around McCleary.

"It's encouraging for our investigators to have something to work with," said Sgt. Shumate Lindsey, 10, vanished June 26 while walking home from a friend's house in McCleary.

Detectives informed Lindsey's mother, Melissa Baum, they would be serving multiple search warrants Friday morning. She was not told where, how many or what prompted the searches.

"I'm glad they're out there but it's frustrating," said Melissa Baum, "This has been the longest and most frustrating three months of my life."

Lindsey's mother said Friday's searches have made her "cautiously hopeful."

The family is working with community members to organize a candlelight vigil 8 p.m. Saturday night. Saturday marks the three month point since Lindsey was last seen June 26th.

"If she's home by then, it will be a celebration," said Melissa Baum.
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Oh, I hope she is found soon...she's such a beautiful girl. May she be safe and sound!

Lindsey Baum, 11, of McCleary has been missing since June 26, but now the search has some star power behind it.

Oprah Winfrey took up the cause on Tuesday's show.

Lindsey's mom and the rest of her family are hoping the national attention will finally help bring their daughter home.

"I'm thankful Lindsey was chosen. Obviously there was just a very few. Oprah has an incredible fan base. She's in a perfect position to finally bring awareness to this epidemic. Now she's on another fan base that's going to get her face seen by more people," Baum told KIRO Radio.

Lindsey disappeared while walking home from a friend's house.

Baum said the segment on Oprah's show accurately portrayed her daughters story, but "of course I was hoping there would be a little bit more pictures of her. Out of the hundreds of thousands of children that go missing every year, I'm grateful that mine was one of the few that she chose to be on her show."

Baum said there is still a lot of area to cover in McCleary. "We have thousands and thousands of acres of woods here and we've only touched on it." She said search teams plan to scour those woods at least every weekend between now and Thanksgiving.

"This weekend, we are going to do it on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We had a few more troops that wanted to come back out and do it," said Baum.

If you'd like to take part in the search for Lindsey, you can find the Baum's search center at 303 4th St. in McCleary, WA 360-495-4100. Teams plan to begin assembling at 8am and registration begins at 9am.

The Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office had a person of interest in the investigation, but the 23-year-old man has been cleared.

The Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office says rumors of a break in the Lindsey Baum case, involving a missing McCleary girl, are false.

Baum vanished on June 26 just 10 days before her 11th birthday while walking a few blocks from her home.

Undersheriff Rick Scott said Friday that he had fielded media calls all day asking him about alleged warrants and arrests.

Scott said someone was contacting media outlets anonymously with bogus tips. Reporters and community members called the Sheriff’s Office all day to ask about the rumors.

“About the only thing true is that I’m burning up the minutes on my cell phone,” Scott said.

Scott said no one has filed any police reports and there is nothing legally the Sheriff’s Office can do about the false reports.

The brown-haired 4-foot-9 girl was wearing a light blue hooded shirt and blue jeans when she went missing. Authorities believe she is the victim of an abduction.