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"Person of Interest" Investigated in Disappearance of McCleary Girl
October 2, 2009
A man whose family owns two homes searched in connection with missing 11-year old Lindsey Baum is a "person of interest," according to the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office has not identified the man, but they served search warrants last weekend on the two McCleary, WA homes and yards., and the man's car.

According to court documents, the man in question changed his story about where he was working on the night of June 26, when the girl disappeared, and was a suspect in the attempted sexual assault of a child in 2000.

According to sheriff's department documents, investigators took a number of items from the search of the homes and yards, including used condoms, a disposable camera, black electrical tape, a rifle, and newspaper articles about the girl's disappearance.

"Person of Interest" Investigated in Disappearance of McCleary Girl 2:01
http://www.q13fox.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=b31a25cd-29b0-4136-a905-bd03787ebee1&src=front

Article:
http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-100209-personofinterest,0,1006113.story

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Oh man. I can't take all of these conflicting reports.

I'm already sleepy so I'll catch up in the AM.

FIND LINDSEY!
 
Ok so the woman that had spoke with Dale the night Lindsey disappeared lives in Ellensburg, WA since May 2009. I looked this up to see how far away it is from McCleary:
168 miles - 2 hrs 54 mins.
Unless LE drove there to interview her they did this by phone, which would mean ( I hope) that they recorded the conversation with her where she made this statement
" Dale had talked to her the day after Lindsey went missing and that Dale could not beleive that a girl had been taken cut up and dismembered" and also about him "obsessing about Baum"
I thought I had read that she was trying to state she never made this statement. Certainatley they recorded it.

After reading this again I have no doubt in my mind this guy has everything to do with this and we can only hope that someone will remember something more about this mans behavior and so forth after the day Lindsey went missing.

If Dale was working at the Beehive he would certainly know that Lindsey regulary walked that route to her friends home, back and forth and usally with someone.
I have always felt that it has been someone watching her for a while that knew her comings and goings and just so happened she was by herself that night.
Lindsey very well could have known him or at least seen him on a regular basis due to the fact that MB friend works there and MB would come by the Behive, this in return giving her some feeling of trust getting in the car with him "for a ride" offered and her being afraid of the dark.

She may have known him from these "camps" as well.

The bolded statement above coming from his mouth is chilling. Nothing had even been reported that LE had even thought a crime had occured at that point. (red flag)
This man needs to be nailed down. It also looks as if he stays in the "shop" on the property...hmmm
 
I just thought of something else. DG went to Ellensburg on 7/16 according to the SW to see his girlfriend and she had to drive him back because his car broke down. Was the car left there? Does he have a different one now, or is the one they took to search the same one?
 
It's taken me hours and there are probably typos but here is the text version of the affidavit.
If you find a typo, please fix it if you quote the post. I've gotta run get a kid from work but I'll look over it again when I get back in a few.

All I can really say is...the mother of the 12 year old from 2000 should have her azz kicked for not believing her daughter and putting Golder away when she had the chance. Golder and his GF Steph whatever her last name is are both lying...we know this from the myspace pages...she acts like she's a casual acquaintance but we know better. My last thought is, there is no way Golder is not a POI, no way!



I am a detective with Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office and am currently assigned to the Investigations Division. On June 27th, 2009 at about 1:30 am Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Deputies responded to assist McCleary Police Department in locating a missing child named Lindsey Baum. Baum who was 10 years old was last seen on Maple Street near 6th Street in McCleary at about 9:30pm. She was last known to be wearing a blue long sleeve shirt, blue jeans, black shoes, and a mismatched bikini style swim suit. She was walking east on Maple Street from the Campen residence towards her residence on Momensen Road in McCleary. An extensive search was conducted over the next weeks by law enforcement, search and rescue volunteers, canine teams, and citizens.
Baum could not be located nor has any evidence been located. The incident became a criminal investigation concerning the apparent kidnapping of Baum. Located on Maple Street between 5th and 6th Street is Beehive Retirement Center. Baum is familiar with the center because her friend_________’s mother Libby Nelson works there. As part of the investigation employees and residents were interviewed about what they knew about Baum and her disappearance. Several of the staff and residents were familiar with Baum and her friend_____ because Baum walked by the retirement center to and from her friend Campen’s residence on Maple Street. None knew anything about her disappearance, nor had they seen her the night of June 26th, 2009. Not all of the employees were available to interview at the time the investigators were on site.

On 07-29-09 a concerned citizen named_________contacted investigators and wanted to report that a subject named Dale Golder worked at the Beehive retirement center. Sample said that Dale drove a small white car with loud exhaust. Sample said that Golder usually drove his car through town numerous times a day. He said that for several weeks after the Baum girl disappeared Golder wasn’t in town driving like he normally did. Sample found this suspicious. Sample identified another resident in McCleary who was familiar with Golder’s vehicle and driving habits.
Mantes was contacted and told investigators that Golder drove a small white sports car with loud exhaust. Mentes said Golder drove around town on a regular basis. He also told investigators that on the night of June 26th 2009 at about 10:00pm he saw a small white sports car with loud exhaust on Maple street in McCleary that he thought was Golder’s. He did not see who was driving the vehicle and thought nothing of it because seeing Golder driving around was normal. Golder is the registered owner of the white 1995 Honda Del Sol, Washington License______

One of the employees who was not working at the Center that night had been identified as Golder. He is an aide at the Center and is scheduled for various shifts as a “fill in.” Golder was on regularly scheduled days off on June 26th 2009 and June 27, 2009. Attempts were made to contact him on July 29, 2009 for a telephone interview to see if he had any information about Baum based on Mentes observation of what appeared to be his vehicle in McCleary on the night and at about the time Baum was last seen.

Tena Golder, Dale Golder’s mother told investigators he was asleep at the time the investigators called on July 29, 2009. She was asked to have him call an investigator when he woke up. His mother called about 30 minutes later and said that Dale had gotten up and left the residence in his vehicle. According to his mother, when she had told him that an investigator wanted a call he said he had nothing to tell the investigator because he was not working at the Retirement Center that night. His mother provided Dale’s cell phone number to the investigator.

The investigator telephoned him and Dale said he had not worked at the Center that day. When asked where he was on the evening of June 26, 2009 he said he was working at his second job at a youth camp near Olympia. The investigator contacted _____Supervisor at the youth camp. She stated that Golder was not working on the night of June 26, 2009. When asked if she was certain, she said she was because she had suspended Golder for two weeks prior to June 26, 2009 for misbehavior. She said she had been involved in a traffic collision and could not walk. She said while she was recuperating at home other employees in the camp kitchen telephoned her and complained that Golder was not doing his work and was being disruptive. She said she telephoned him and told him to go home for two weeks until she could return. She said she told him he needed to take that time to think about whatever he really wanted to work at the camp or not. She stated that she had sent Golder home for a shift at a time without pay in the past for misbehavior. Golder later confirmed that he had been suspended from June 7, 2008 through June 27, 2009. He returned to working at the camp on June 28, 2009.

On 07-31-09 just after Midnight Melissa Baum, the mother of the missing girl reported to police she was being followed around by a white vehicle. Officers stopped and found that Golder was driving it. He claimed he was at work when he saw Melissa’s Baum’s vehicle around the Beehive Retirement Center. He thought it was suspicious so he followed it around thinking it might be connected with Baum’s disappearance. He did not call police to report the suspicious vehicle.

Investigators interviewed a co-worker of Golder’s. She said that on two separate nights near the end of July, 2009 Golder told her that a Silver Honda Del Sol was cruising around the Beehive. Golder pointed it out to her one night and said he thought the occupants of the silver Honda were going to steel parts from his Del Sol.
Bryson claimed that Golder tried to get a license number but could not. She said the next night the vehicle was back and Golder left work to follow it. She said he told her that he called the police about it. He did not tell her he was following Melissa Baum or that the police stopped him.

While looking into Golder’s background it was discovered that in 2000 he was a suspect in the attempted rape of a child. The case was located under McCleary Police department case number 00MC0014. Golder was 14 years old at the time of the incident. It was determined that the victim of the assault was named ____________, she was 12 years old at the time. No reports of this incident appear to exist except a computer entry.
Investigators attempted to locate ____________. They first located her mother. Initially the mothe rsaid nothing like this ever happened involving her daughter. She was pressed and given details and she stated she didn’t believe anything had happened to her daughter. She said that when the police arrived to speak to her daughter her daughter told police nothing had happened.

Investigators then contacted_______________. She stated that in 2000 she and her two brothers were being babysat by Golder. She said her mother was good friends with Tena Golder. She said that while Golder watched pornographic videos and had her, her brothers and Dales younger brother watch the videos. He asked her to have sex with him and she refused. One day he took her to his room and barricaded the door with a large dresser. He removed her pants and the removed his pants and tried to have sexual intercourse with her. She said that she cried and struggled and after two hours he released her. She said she told friends about what happened whom she believed told school officials at Elma school district. It was reported to the police. Her mother found out about the incident. _______said her mother told her it would be her word against his and discouraged her from telling the police the truth. When the police officer spoke to her she said she told him nothing happened.

A search warrant for Golders cellular telephone records for a month prior and a month after June 26, 2009 was obtained. When the records were analyzed it was learned that Golder was texting and calling a number in eastern Washington repeatedly from about noon on 06-26-09 until 9:26pm. There was in excess of 50 contacts to this number that suddenly stopped at 9:26pm. ___________received a cellular call from a subject identified as ___________at 1:11am (06-27-09) that had a duration of 2 minutes. After that he did not make a call until 6:12am. This is contrary to the pattern of cell phone usage shown _______. He normally has frequent cell phone activity until at least midnight to 1:00am each day.

Investigators determined that the number he was calling and texting belonged to a Stephanie Calica, who resides in Ellenburg, WA. She was contacted and interviewed. They determined that Stephanie Calica knew Golder when she went to Elma High School. She moved to Michigan in 2002. She maintained contact with people in Elma including Dale via the internet. She said she moved back to Washington State at the end of May 2009 and let people know she had moved. She said that on 06-26-09 she decided to give Golder her telephone number. She said that they began to text and talk that day. She was asked why the contact stopped at 9:30pm. She said that it stopped because Golder went to work at 10:00pm. When asked she admitted that after that day she had lengthy conversations with Golder while he was at work at the retirement center. She said that Golder had talked to her the day after the girl was reported missing and that he was very concerned about something like this happening in his town. She said that when she spoke to him the day after this was reported (she believed it was Saturday or early Sunday 29/07-2009) Golder told her he could not believe that a girl had been taken and cut up and dismembered. It should be noted that the media and investigators did not believe Baum was the victim of a crime until the week following her disappearance (June 29 to July 3-4, 2009). It was initially believed she might be a run-away or had been injured and unable to get help. Stephani described Golder as being “over the top” and obsessively talking about Baum and what had happened to her; specifically that he believed she has been kidnapped and murdered. Stephanie said that he became less obsessed as July wore on. He then got very agitated about it again when he talked to the investigator about the case the end of July. Steph said that Dale was very upset that the investigators were talking to people about him and was obsessing about the girl. Detective Organ asked Stephanie when was the last time she actually saw Golder and she said it was the summer of 2002. She later told detectives that Golder had driven to Ellensburg on 07-16-09 and that she had to take him back to Elma because his car broke down. She said she stayed with him in MCCleary until 07-20-09

On 08-26-08 investigators saw ___________in McCleary and contacted him about this case. He was asked to relate everything he had done from the time he got up on 06-26-09. He wrote a brief paragraph about going to a neighbor’s house____________) next door and planting tomatoes and having a BBQ. He said he went home about 9:00pm to watch television, but “passed out” and woke up in the morning. He claimed that he had been home and had not been in the town of McCleary that night. He claimed not to know Lindsey Baum and had never seen her before.


Further investigation revealed that_____ resides in a shop on his property outside of the town of McCleary. He rents the house on the property to a subject named _______________. _____________as interviewed and it was learned that he planted his garden near a garden that Golder had planted. Both gardens are located between the house and the shop on the property. ____________________stated that he had planted his garden the last week of May or the first week of June. He said that Golder had planted his garden weeks before he did. When asked why he was sure of this he said it was because he and Golder had discussed the progress of their tomato plants. He said that his had developed into much better plants than Golder's, even though they were planted later. He said that until the evening of Wednesday August 26, 2009 or Thursday August 27, 2009 he had only seen Golder around the shop maybe once or twice all summer. He said that after those dates Golder sometimes--------------had been at Hardy’s residence talking to him almost every evening. The increased visits coincide with_____________being interviewed on 08-26-09. Ralke described ___________ as having some mental issues that may be due to alcohol and or drug abuse. He said he can be manipulated into believing things that did not occur.

Investigators interviewed ________________. He stated that he had a BBQ on 06-26-09. He said Golder and a woman named ___________had attended. Investigators believed she had been at ___________, on 06-26-09 when Golder was present. She agreed to meet with investigators in person for an interview.

I believe there is probable cause to believe Lindsey Baum has been kidnapped and that evidence of that crime as described on the face of this affidavit will be found on the premises and in the vehicles described on the face of this affidavit.

Based on the foregoing information, I respectfully request a search warrant be issued for the premises and in the vehicles listed on the face of this affidavit to search for evidence described on the face of this affidavit. I have read the foregoing, know the contents thereof and believe the same to be true.

In order to execute this warrant substantial planning will be required to coordinate special search equipment and personnel, such as ground penetrating radar, specially trained search dogs and forensic personnel which would include the use of FBI employees. Public release of this application and warrant may allow evidence to be destroyed, moved, or altered while the execution is organized and coordinated between various Washington and Federal law enforcement agencies. I am requesting that the application and warrants be sealed until it has been served and a return filed or more than 10 days have passed after issuance of the warrants.
 
mysticrose said:
Ok so the woman that had spoke with Dale the night Lindsey disappeared lives in Ellensburg, WA since May 2009. I looked this up to see how far away it is from McCleary:
168 miles - 2 hrs 54 mins.
Unless LE drove there to interview her they did this by phone, which would mean ( I hope) that they recorded the conversation with her where she made this statement
" Dale had talked to her the day after Lindsey went missing and that Dale could not beleive that a girl had been taken cut up and dismembered" and also about him "obsessing about Baum"
I thought I had read that she was trying to state she never made this statement. Certainatley they recorded it.

After reading this again I have no doubt in my mind this guy has everything to do with this and we can only hope that someone will remember something more about this mans behavior and so forth after the day Lindsey went missing.

If Dale was working at the Behive he would certainly know that Lindsey regulary walked that route to her friends home, back and forth and usally with someone.
I have always felt that it has been someone watching her for a while that knew her comings and goings and just so happened she was by herself that night.
Lindsey very well could have known him or at least seen him on a regular basis due to the fact that MB friend works there and MB would come by the Behive, this in return giving her some feeling of trust getting in the car with him "for a ride" offered and her being afraid of the dark.

She may have known him from these "camps" as well.

The bolded statement above coming from his mouth is chilling. Nothing had even been reported that LE had even thought a crime had occured at that point. (red flag)
This man needs to be nailed down. It also looks as if he stays in the "shop" on the property...hmmm
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The girlfriend's ms page I think says she lives in Tacoma, which is way closer to McCleary. I am trying to find out her movements. She went to school in Elma, Wa, then moved to Michigan in 2002. She said she moved back to WA at the end of May 2009. So did she move to Ellensburg, then Tacoma?
 
Jules71 said:
The girlfriend's ms page I think says she lives in Tacoma, which is way closer to McCleary. I am trying to find out her movements. She went to school in Elma, Wa, then moved to Michigan in 2002. She said she moved back to WA at the end of May 2009. So did she move to Ellensburg, then Tacoma?
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I'm not sure, I'll I know is it says that she resided in Ellensburg when LE interviewed her....
 
mysticrose said:
She may have known him from these "camps" as well.

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Speaking of camp...
Lindsey was supposed to attend a girl scout camp in mid August, the picture of the t shirt that JVK posted was from that camp. Her troop signed the t shirt and presented it along with various "find Lindsey" posters, a tie dyed pillow case that they also signed and homemade cupcakes and cookies to the search center today.
 
Jules71 said:
The girlfriend's ms page I think says she lives in Tacoma, which is way closer to McCleary. I am trying to find out her movements. She went to school in Elma, Wa, then moved to Michigan in 2002. She said she moved back to WA at the end of May 2009. So did she move to Ellensburg, then Tacoma?
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Her name is Stephanie Calica.
 
I think she's still in Ellensburg and I think there's only one car driven/owned by Golder, a Del Sol (although it changes between being described as white in some instances/descriptions, yet silver in others)...so it sounds like he did have it back from Ellensburg by end of July (see Beehive/following MB incident above)
 
Jules71 said:
The girlfriend's ms page I think says she lives in Tacoma, which is way closer to McCleary. I am trying to find out her movements. She went to school in Elma, Wa, then moved to Michigan in 2002. She said she moved back to WA at the end of May 2009. So did she move to Ellensburg, then Tacoma?
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Central Washington University is in Ellensburg.

Maybe she went to school in Elma, moved to Michigan, moved to Tacoma and is now living in Ellensburg attending CWU?
 
Be Adequite! said:
I think she's still in Ellensburg and I think there's only one car driven/owned by Golder, a Del Sol (although it changes between being described as white in some instances/descriptions, yet silver in others)...so it sounds like he did have it back from Ellensburg by end of July (see Beehive/following MB incident above)
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I think his is definitely white.
MB's is silver though, and mentioned in the affidavit.
 
On KONG ch 6 they just said "his parents said he got confused because they didn't interview him until a month after Lindsey went missing" - meaning that was the reason he didn't answer LE's questions correctly.
 
If DG spent his childhood in that area (grew up there) here is what scares me. He would know the woods like the back of his hand. I spent sun up to sun down exploring our property when I was a child. So IF he did cause harm to LB, she could be anywhere.
 
I hate typing this, but what if he also disposed of her remains on his way up and over to Ellensburg, a few weeks after the abduction?
 
Jules71 said:
On KONG ch 6 they just said "his parents said he got confused because they didn't interview him until a month after Lindsey went missing" - meaning that was the reason he didn't answer LE's questions correctly.
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:pinocchio:
Uh huh. And did this match his reason he got confused?
 
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