Updated Oct 14, 2009 - 11:05 am
Oprah shines light on Lindsey Baum case
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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.
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