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NOV 15, 2018
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“We will not give up until we bring that girl home. We love her more than anything. We know that my sister and my brother-in-law...their hearts will never rest. They won't rest in peace until their daughter is found." More from the godmother of #JaymeCloss on@WCCO at 10 p.m.

Jayme’s family has asked to listen to the 911 call from that night, but say authorities refuse to let them. Molly- Jayme’s dog- continues to wait patiently for her best friend to come home. @WCCO #JaymeCloss #wcco

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of #JaymeCloss continues to grow one month after she was last seen. I sat down with her godmother tonight, who says she will never give up hope. #FindJayme #barron #wcco

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NOV 17, 2018
Wisconsin hunters asked to help in search for Jayme Closs
Wisconsin's firearms deer season begins Saturday, and officials are asking hunters across the state to keep an eye out for any evidence that might provide a break in the case of a missing 13-year-old girl.

Todd Schaller, chief conservation warden with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, said information about the case was sent out to deer license vendors statewide, to pass along to hunters. The DNR also posted information about the case at its regional offices and in state parks, as well as on its social media pages.

"We'll have between 550,000 and 600,000 hunters traveling and out and about in woodlots and marshes and forests," he said. "So it's a great opportunity (to get) eyes and ears out there, and hopefully we can find something and help this case along."

Hunters asked to be on the lookout for clues on missing teen Jayme Closs
Wisconsin authorities are urging hunters to be on the lookout for clues related to missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs, whose parents were found fatally shot last month in their home.

"As hunting season opens on Saturday, we ask that hunters report anything suspicious such as clothing, weapons or anything you think it just not right on your property," the Barron County Sheriff's Department said this week in a statement.
 
NOV 18, 2018
Jayme Closs search leads police to ask hunters to look out for possible clues for missing Wisconsin teen
Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said the search for the teenage girl remains top priority for the department and officials nationwide.

“As hunting season opens on Sat, we ask that hunters report anything suspicious such as clothing, weapons or anything you think it just not right on your property,” Fitzgerald said in a Facebook post. “Also remind everyone to have a safe hunt and good luck to all the hunters.”

With no suspects, no sighting of the child and scarce physical evidence one month after the murders, Barron police are scrutinizing the few clues they have, starting with the mysterious 911 call and a front door riddled with bullet holes.

“We continue to follow up on leads, expand and view our recovered video from the area and explore all digital evidence. We continue to partner daily with the FBI and DCI agents on the ground and across the county,” he said on Thursday.
 
NOV 18, 2018
Deer hunters asked to be on the lookout for missing 13-year-old Wisconsin girl
As deer hunting season in Wisconsin got underway Saturday, the Barron County, Wisconsin, sheriff's department sent out an urgent request to the more than 4,000 people granted deer hunting licenses.

"We ask that hunters report anything suspicious such as clothing, weapons or anything you think is just not right on your property," the sheriff's department in a statement earlier this week.
 
NOV 18, 2018
Wisconsin Hunters Keep Eye Out For Closs Clues On Opening Weekend
The message written on the Barron County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, written by Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald. He called on hunters to look out for evidence that could unlock the mystery behind Jayme Closs’s disappearance and the deaths of her parents. Deer hunting licenses also have information on Closs printed on them, like her height, weight and what to look for in the woods.

“Anybody that’s a parent is aware of the story,” said hunter KS.

He said his land is in Conrath, more than 40 miles away from Barron, but that didn’t stop him from searching.

“I really started to think about it as, we have a very swampy area in our land, and as I’m walking through there a couple different times it came to mind,” he said.

But two days in the woods, yielding nothing but the deer they had been hunting. Late Sunday evening, Sheriff Fitzgerald said there were no reports of evidence found by hunters.

“There’s not one individual that’s gonna comb the county, comb the state that’s gonna get it done. It’s gonna be everybody together,” said KS. “It’s really the human thing to do.”
 
Deer hunting opener yields no new clues in Closs case

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Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald told News 18 on Monday that the opening weekend did not yield any new clues in the investigation.

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Sheriff Fitzgerald said they are still receiving about 25 tips a day, but they are always looking for more. For more information about the investigation, click here.
 
NOV 20, 2018
A month after Jayme Closs vanished, the feeling in her hometown is 'very dark'
“The motive isn’t there. The reason isn’t there. I wish, wish, wish every night before I go to bed that we find a clue.”

At least 20 officers, from the county sheriff’s department to the FBI, continue to work the case, Fitzgerald said last week. But that’s a far cry from the 200 or more law enforcement officers who tracked clues in the hours and days following the brutal killings and Jayme’s disappearance.

For now, the police keep searching and hoping for a break. They are convinced that Jayme Closs didn’t run away with a boyfriend.

Jayme’s phone was found in the house, along with those of her parents, Fitzgerald said. And there’s nothing in the girl’s phone to suggest she was communicating with a boy.

“There’s no digital footprint that says ‘I love you,’ or ‘Come save me from my mom and dad,’ ” Fitzgerald said. “If there was, then we’d have something to go on.”

Investigators expanded the scope of their search last week, looking at new video from additional stores and businesses along local roadways beyond Barron County. But that effort actually subtracted a clue, Fitzgerald said. A red or orange Dodge Challenger that had been reported in the area was scratched from the potential suspect list after video analysts taking a closer look decided that a car seen in some of the videos might not be a Challenger.
 
Wisconsin singer makes it into top 11 of 'The Voice' after dedicating performance to Barron

A 27-year-old Wisconsin man will continue into the top 11 of "The Voice" live playoffs after he sang a song dedicated his home town Barron and paid tribute the missing 13-year-old girl from there.

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On the show Monday, every artist dedicated their performance to someone. Kroeze dedicated his song to Barron and Closs. He sang his own version of "Let it Be" by The Beatles and the show shared a photo of Closs. Prior to Monday night, the artist had sang at a vigil for the missing girl.

The Barron County Sheriff's Office thanked Kroeze for helping to spread their message after his performance and encouraged people to vote for him.

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21 Nov 2018
Missing Wisconsin girl's family faces painful holiday season

"It's hard, not knowing where (Jayme's) at," said Robert Naiberg, 72, Jayme's grandfather and Denise Closs' father. "Can't do nothing for Jim and Denise but her ..."

Naiberg said he'll be hosting Thanksgiving at his home as relatives still shocked by the tragedy try to comfort one another.

"Everybody wants to be together," he said.

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to finding Jayme, and investigators are receiving about 25 tips daily, said Fitzgerald, who has made clear investigators need all the help they can get.

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The elapsed time and lack of evidence haven't deterred detectives, Fitzgerald said.

"There's a lot of hope out there that she's still alive," he said.

As investigators continue the search, Naiberg said his family is doing what they can to help, making flyers and giving them to people to take to places they go on vacation.

Naiberg said he was close with Jayme and recalls how she and her mom visited him every weekend after his wife died nearly three years ago. They would decorate her grave and sometimes bring him collectibles from antique stores.

"I got a lot of things around here I look at and think of them," he said.

March 16 will be three years since his wife passed away, Naiberg said.

"That was hard to get over," he said. "I don't know if I'll ever get over this."

Missing Wisconsin girl's family faces painful holiday season
 
NOV 22, 2018
Travelers, truck drivers play critical role in trying to locate Jayme Closs over holiday weekend
Since Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, those helping with the search for Jayme say it's the perfect time to expand the effort. They're asking people heading out of town to hang up fliers at rest areas and gas stations along the way.

Missing persons advocates who run the 'Find Jayme Closs' Facebook page tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS they believe Jayme was abducted and they're urging people to put up fliers in places where a possible suspect could have stopped.

"I'll put them up at gas stations," said truck driver SD, who drove from Chicago to the Twin Cities on Thursday. "There's a lot of people that come and go, to and from. Somebody out there knows something. It's just a matter of finding who it is."

Sheriff Fitzgerald says so far, they have no leads and no suspects, despite more than 2,300 tips from the public.

if you'd like to print a flier, send a message requesting a copy to the 'Find Jayme Closs' Facebook page.
 
Posted 3:47 pm, November 24, 2018

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BARRON, Wis. — The search for missing Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs continues as people hope the holiday season could bring her home.

Volunteers are posting flyers at rest stop and gas stations in Wisconsin, planning to catch the eyes of travelers and truck drivers passing through the area.

Jayme Closs search: Volunteers post flyers outside of town in hopes travelers and truckers see them
 
Published 6:29 a.m. CT Nov. 26, 2018

Dark connections: Chilling cases outside Wisconsin resemble disappearance of Jayme Closs

Another North Carolina case, this one from 16 years ago, has some similarities to the Jayme Closs disappearance.

On Aug. 15, 2002, Mary and Michael Short were found dead at their home in Henry County, Virginia. Michael was found on a couch in the attached garage and Mary was found in a bedroom. Both had been shot in the head.

Their 9-year-old daughter, Jennifer, was missing. It touched off a massive search involving state police, regional law enforcement, FBI, ATF and many volunteers.

The search ended tragically on Sept. 25, 2002, when Jennifer’s body was found in nearby Rockingham County, North Carolina. She also had been shot.

Even though the murders of the Short family happened 16 years ago, investigator say they’re still following up on leads. They issued a plea in early October for information from those who knew Jennifer Short when she was alive.

In Jayme Closs’s case, Fitzgerald said, agents from the FBI and the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation are still working extensively to find Jayme.

“There’s lots of hope still,” Fitzgerald said. The sheriff said “a scared 13-year-old girl” is out there and he believes authorities will bring her home.

Read more: Dark connections: Chilling cases outside Wisconsin resemble disappearance of Jayme Closs
 
November 27, 2018 10:32 PM

The investigative team has been scaled back to about 30 people, including members of the Barron County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI and the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation. Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the team was reduced about a week and a half ago.

On Tuesday, he said, the team held a conference call and decided to cast a wider net to try to find a lead.

“We’re looking back a little farther in their social media and phone records,” said Fitzgerald. “We’re going back further, seeing who they called maybe 60 days ago to see if there's something that maybe triggered this a while ago. Obviously, we didn't find anything recently so we're looking a little wider now.”

He also told us they’re conducting more interviews.

Read more: Investigators conducting more interviews in search for Jayme Closs
 
NOV 28, 2018
Jayme Closs: Barron raises symbol of hope as investigators' frustration mounts
"The hope is still out there," said Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald. "The community holds a lot of hope."

But lingering beneath the optimism are a host of unanswered questions and frustration with a case that's confounded law enforcement.

Fitzgerald said there's no evidence suggesting drugs were involved.

Authorities aren't sure whether sex trafficking could be a factor, he said.

Based on her phone and social media accounts, Fitzgerald said, it doesn't appear Jayme has a boyfriend who might have been involved.

And though she hasn't officially been ruled out as a suspect, he said Jayme's social ability and digital footprint don't point to anything other than a "13-year-old very innocent girl."

"We just don’t see her being the mastermind behind this case or even being part of it," he said.

Fitzgerald said there are at least 25 to 30 people working on the case throughout the day, reviewing video, social media and more. Authorities were looking for two potential vehicles of interest earlier in the investigation, but Fitzgerald said they're not as "keen" on those anymore. The number of tips has tapered off to less than 25 a day, he said.

Jayme's case is difficult for law enforcement, particularly because the circumstances are so unusual, Fitzgerald said. And the "million-dollar question," he said, is whether the incident was random or targeted. Authorities still aren't sure.

"Our thoughts are with Jayme's family and friends this holiday season," the FBI wrote.
 
NOV 30, 2018
Minong Students Pay Tribute to Missing Barron Teen - Fox21Online
Currently an award sits at $50,000 in the case to find Closs.

Earlier today students at Northwood School in Minong held a tribute to Closs during their monthly school family assembly. Many students wore green which is recognized as a symbol to remember missing children.

While playing games and dancing at the assembly, student’s spoke of the heartbreak of not finding Jayme.

Students, community wear green to support Jayme Closs’ safe return
Several schools like Turtle Lake High School showed their support by wearing green Friday. Staff and students wore green clothes, while the Turtle Lake Girls Basketball Team decided to wear small green ribbons.

“We just hope that as a whole team and school that they figure something out and try to get her home as soon as possible,” said Joanna Lee, one of the basketball players. “And we’re very sorry and send our condolences to the family of Jayme, and her parents.”

News 18 learned schools in Rice Lake and Cameron also participated in wearing green Friday.
 
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