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Evan Frost
Barron, Wis.

Photos: Army of volunteers searching for Jayme Closs

The search for Jayme Closs was expanded Tuesday.
The search for Jayme Closs was expanded Tuesday.
Evan Frost | MPR News

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More than 2,000 volunteers streamed into Barron Tuesday, answering a call for help from investigators trying to find 13-year-Jayme Closs and solve the shooting deaths of her parents in their home last week.

"I wanted to be part of this operation," Elizabeth Widolff, a volunteer who's studying to be an emergency medical technician, told MPR News reporter Matt Sepic. She called Tuesday's citizen response "absolutely amazing. I don't think they expected to get this many people."

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Stacy Quist of Bruce, Wisc. walks along train tracks.
Stacy Quist of Bruce, Wis., walks along train tracks with other volunteers. Asked why she and her mother came to help with the search Quist said, "We're all family even though we're not family, we're family."
Evan Frost | MPR News
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The search for Jayme Closs was expanded Tuesday.
The search for Jayme Closs was expanded Tuesday.
Evan Frost | MPR News
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Volunteers gather to begin searching for clues.
Volunteers gather to begin searching for clues.
Evan Frost | MPR News