MCCLEARY -
The search continues for 11-year-old Lindsey Baum who disappeared June 26th, while walking home from a friend's house in McCleary.
A candlelight vigil will be held Friday, July 24th at 9pm at the park across from the McCleary City Hall. The vigil will mark the 4th week that she's been missing.
A $6,000 reward is now being offered in hopes that it'll prompt someone to come forward with information about Lindsey's disappearance. Investigators say the money is being offered by Crime Stoppers and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Lindsey's mother Melissa says she's in the process of setting-up a search center in McCleary. She says it'll help organize volunteers to look for her daughter. A Sheriff's Office spokesman says they'll meet with Melissa to talk about her plans for the new center.
Meanwhile, investigators are still following leads and will continue to go door-to-door and search areas, but they still don't know what happened to her.
Melissa Baum also says the Amber Alert system needs to be changed. Authorities weren't able to use it when Lindsey disappeared because of its guidelines. But Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott says that criteria may change as a result of this case.
Lindsey's mother Melissa Baum says, "I just want to say to whoever has my daughter to please just let her go. I don't care who you are. I don't care where you are. I just want my daughter back."
Lindsey's dad Scott Baum says, "There's people still out there looking for her. Everybody still has faith and that's all I can ask for is people don't give up on her."
The family has set-up websites to help gather clues. www.lindseybaum.com & www.findlindseybaum.com
An Everett group called Operation Lookout has also created a flyer with Lindsey's information. The group hopes to distribute it at the U.S./Canadian border, on Washington State Ferries and in publications around the U.S. including Little Nickel. For more details go to: http://www.operationlookout.org/index1.htm
A candlelight vigil will be held Friday, July 24th at 9pm at the park across from the McCleary City Hall. The vigil will mark the 4th week that she's been missing.
A $6,000 reward is now being offered in hopes that it'll prompt someone to come forward with information about Lindsey's disappearance. Investigators say the money is being offered by Crime Stoppers and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Lindsey's mother Melissa says she's in the process of setting-up a search center in McCleary. She says it'll help organize volunteers to look for her daughter. A Sheriff's Office spokesman says they'll meet with Melissa to talk about her plans for the new center.
Meanwhile, investigators are still following leads and will continue to go door-to-door and search areas, but they still don't know what happened to her.
Melissa Baum also says the Amber Alert system needs to be changed. Authorities weren't able to use it when Lindsey disappeared because of its guidelines. But Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Rick Scott says that criteria may change as a result of this case.
Lindsey's mother Melissa Baum says, "I just want to say to whoever has my daughter to please just let her go. I don't care who you are. I don't care where you are. I just want my daughter back."
Lindsey's dad Scott Baum says, "There's people still out there looking for her. Everybody still has faith and that's all I can ask for is people don't give up on her."
The family has set-up websites to help gather clues. www.lindseybaum.com & www.findlindseybaum.com
An Everett group called Operation Lookout has also created a flyer with Lindsey's information. The group hopes to distribute it at the U.S./Canadian border, on Washington State Ferries and in publications around the U.S. including Little Nickel. For more details go to: http://www.operationlookout.org/index1.htm
