FBI Expands Jayme Closs Search Nationwide as Community Volunteers Join

A group of volunteers searched the ditches along highway 8 near the home where 13-year-old Jayme Closs lived with her parents James, and Denise in Barron, Wisconsin, on Oct. 18, 2018. Jerry Holt /Star Tribune via AP

The FBI has expanded the search nationwide for missing Wisconsin teenager Jayme Closs, as 100 volunteers joined local search parties to scour the area around Barron for the 13-year-old.

The Barron County Sheriff’s Department said it wanted 100 volunteers by Thursday afternoon; 300 people responded and joined law enforcement officers in a search around Barron, which is about 80 miles northeast of Minneapolis. Dozens of volunteers had to be turned away, as the sheriff had said they only needed 100.