The NAMUS-45: Lindsey Baum

True Crime Bullsh**: The Israel Keyes Investigation

Studio BOTH/AND

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A ten-year-old girl's Washington state disappearance draws some striking similarities to statements Keyes made and his known MO. A long line of potential suspects, evidence found over a hundred miles away, and her appearance on Keyes's computer muddle an investigation already hindered by a severe lack of evidence.

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With production, editing, and additional research by Josh Hallmark.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	True Crime bullshit is currently on its mid-season slash holiday break.
0:05.7	New episodes will return on January 12th, but during the break we'll be releasing bonus
0:11.0	content, including two new Namus 45 episodes.
0:15.9	Here's the first.
0:17.4	Enjoy.
0:18.4	Lindsay Jo Balm disappeared on the evening of June 26th of 2009 from McCleary Washington.
0:34.2	She was last seen walking home from a friend's house just before dark.
0:38.8	Lindsay was 10 years old, 4'9", and 80 pounds with shoulder length brown hair and brown
0:45.7	eyes.
0:48.7	Lindsay lived with her mother Melissa and her older brother Josh, who was 12 years old
0:53.8	when his sister disappeared.
0:55.9	They had only lived in McCleary for about 2 years at the time.
1:02.1	McCleary is a small woodland town in western Washington.
1:06.5	With a 2009 population of just about 1,700, McCleary is known for its annual Bear Festival,
1:15.3	where community-cooked Bear Stew is served to the whole town.
1:20.7	Originally from Tennessee, Melissa moved with her children to her home state of Washington
1:25.2	after divorcing their father, Scott.
1:28.1	Melissa worked in nearby Olympia, but chose to settle in McCleary because, as a small town,
1:33.9	it felt safer.
1:36.4	Lindsay had been down about her parents' divorce, but was otherwise and overall a happy friendly
1:41.9	child.
1:43.6	Melissa's remember that she always waived as she walked past their houses.
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