Missing girl’s 11th birthday passes with her still away
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:09 PM PDT
<snipped> Grays Harbor Undersheriff Rick Scott said investigators continue to look ahead to new leads in the disappearance, but Baum’s birthday stood as a milestone for deputies and the family.
“Obviously, a day they’d hoped to be celebrating,” he said, pausing. “It’s not the celebration they’d hoped for.”
No evidence has turned up to point detectives in a “new direction,” Scott said today. He noted tips over the hotline have fallen to a “trickle,” but investigators continue to follow specific leads and conduct interviews.
“We’ve got a dozen (deputies) out on the street today,” he said this morning, but the widespread ground search of the town and outlying areas has been suspended for now.
Though many deputies have worked overtime and labored through weekends, about 15 deputies and detectives are expected to remain on the case throughout the week in hopes of finding a break.
“They’re not giving up,” he said. “There’s no defeat in them.”
LINDSEY BAUM BIRTHDAY PASSES WITHOUT NEWS
July 8, 2009
<snipped> The father of a missing McCleary girl has pleaded for her safe return. At a news conference Monday, Scott Baum said he wants to see his daughter again before deploying to Iraq. Baum is a member of the Tennessee National Guard and says he's deploying soon. Lindsey Baum has been missing since June 26, when she left a friend's house but never made it home. Tuesday was Lindsey's 11th birthday, but what would normally have been a day of celebration was replaced by worry and waiting.
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