The people gathered at Olympia’s Heritage Park on Saturday were there to

Published 7:00 am Monday, June 28, 2010

The people gathered at Olympia’s Heritage Park on Saturday were there to call more attention to the disappearance of Lindsey Baum (pictured at right), the 11-year-old who vanished last June while walking home from a friend’s house. But while the McCreary girl remains missing, thanks to her one runaway no longer is.During the Baum media event, a parent spotted a 15-year-old girl wandering around the park who looked to be homeless. According to the Washington State Patrol, the parent offered the girl a meal and she told the parent she was a runaway. The parent then alerted a trooper.After giving a false name to police, the girl eventually gave her real one. When her father was called, the Kitsap County man confirmed that his daughter was missing.The girl was released to a relative with permission from her father. She had been gone from home for about a month.