A missing teenager has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s top missing persons list. Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old from Barron County, Wisconsin, was reported missing on Monday, October 15, after both of her parents were found dead inside their home. 
 
 The FBI announced on Thursday it was expanding its search for Jayme, who was described as 5 feet tall and 100 pounds, with blonde hair and green eyes. The FBI said it considered the girl “endangered.” 
 
 Police officers located the bodies of James Closs, 56, and Denise Closs, 46, at their home in Barron County on Monday, dead of apparent gunshot wounds, after a 911 call was placed. Their daughter Jayme was not in the house. Authorities had not located any suspects and had not yet determined whether the adults were targeted or whether the killings were random. The motive in the killings remained unknown, and it was not immediately clear who made the 911 call. Authorities reportedly found out whose cellphone the 911 call was dialed from but did not share the information. 
 
 Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald announced on Wednesday that autopsy results ruled the deaths homicides, and that both adults were killed by gunshot wounds. 
 
 “We believe Jayme was in the home at the time of the homicides, and we believe she’s in danger,” said Fitzgerald, according to CNN. 
 
 Hundreds of tips have poured in related to the case, but authorities still have not located Jayme. In a press release on Thursday, the Barron County Sheriff's Office said "nothing of evidentiary value has been recovered." 
 
 An extensive search was underway for the girl, with authorities and volunteers scouring Barron County for traces of the teenager. Fitzgerald said he had a "100 percent expectation that she's alive," according to CNN. 
 
 “At the end of the day, I want a 13-year-old here safe and sound,” said Fitzgerald. “That’s our goal. That’s our only goal right now.” 
 
 Anyone with information was asked to contact the Barron County Sheriff’s Office at 1-855-744-9879, their local FBI office or the nearest American embassy or consulate. 
 
 FBI ||||| Wisconsin police are still searching for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who was reported missing when her parents were found dead early Monday. 
 
 James and Denise Closs were discovered slain in their home just outside of Barron, about 90 miles northeast of Minneapolis, after cops responded to a 911 call around 1 am. An AMBER alert was issued for Jayme that afternoon. 
 
 Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald told reporters the 911 call came from a cellphone inside the Closs residence but declined to say whose number it was. Investigators don’t believe Jayme is a suspect in her parents’ deaths, Fitzgerald said. 
 
 On Tuesday, reports surfaced that Jayme may have been spotted at a Miami gas station in a black Ford Explorer with Wisconsin tags, in the company of two “well dressed, bearded men.” But at a press conference later that afternoon, Fitzgerald said the Florida sighting didn’t appear to be a “credible tip.” 
 
 “We have followed up on that tip. That information did not come from this podium. It’s not credible information,” Fitzgerald said, after he warned citizens and the news media not to publish unverified information. 
 
 Fitzgerald said a tip line brought in more than 200 state and regional tips as of Tuesday in a probe that includes help from the FBI and Wisconsin Department of Justice. Investigators combed the scene of what’s been described as a “violent” crime twice, he said. 
 
 Earlier in the day, Fitzgerald asked residents to come forward with any information they might have on Jayme’s disappearance, and to share information on people with “behavioral changes” and “who may have been involved in this crime.” 
 
 “She has been missing for a day and a half and our community is concerned for her safety. Often, someone in the community will have knowledge about a crime and may not realize it,” Fitzgerald told reporters. 
 
 People who have committed acts of violence may display changes in their behavior, may miss work or scheduled appointments or family commitments. Or they may suddenly leave town or change their appearance, Fitzgerald added. 
 
 “Every second counts in this case,” he said. “When a child like Jayme is missing, we ask you to observe this behavior and report it to us.” 
 
 Fitzgerald declined to describe the manner of death of the Closses or whether a firearm, which he said was used in the murders, was found at the scene. 
 
 He said that whoever dialed 911 for help didn’t speak to the dispatcher. “That’s what’s unusual on that 911 call. There was no one communicating with our dispatcher,” the sheriff added. 
 
 Fitzgerald previously said yelling and the word “help” was heard on the 911 call, which lasted less than a minute, WEAU reported. 
 
 When asked if he believes Jayme is nearby, Fitzgerald said, “If I knew that answer, I think we’d be a lot further along. I’m struggling with this. I don’t have some of those answers I wanna give you, I wanna give the family.” 
 
 Fitzgerald said Jayme isn’t considered a runaway and is “missing and endangered.” 
 
 Jayme is described as a sweet, shy teenager who loves dancing and sports. She ran cross country at Riverview Middle School in Barron. 
 
 She is 5 feet tall and 100 pounds, with green eyes and blonde or strawberry blonde hair. 
 
 On Facebook, the missing teen posted photos in sparkling dance attire. “I love to dance at Christine's Dance Jazz, ice-skating, valleyball [sic], swim, Art, cross country, Track, Dance,” Jayme wrote on her page. 
 
 Jayme was last seen with her mother at a family gathering on Sunday afternoon. The girl’s father was working at the time. 
 
 Her grandfather, Robert Naiberg, told the Associated Press that nothing seemed wrong at the birthday party in honor of one of Jayme’s cousins. 
 
 “She was quiet as always. She was a quiet girl,” Naiberg said. 
 
 He said Denise was a “thoughtful person” who brought “a little gift for everybody” at the gathering. 
 
 James, 56, and his 46-year-old wife, Denise, worked at a Jennie-O turkey meat plant in Barron. 
 
 Friends, relatives and coworkers mourned the couple on Facebook. 
 
 “Not a day goes by that Jim and I would have some kind of conversation about our day or give each other advice about how deal our day to day ordeals at work,” one coworker wrote on social media. “Denise Closs was very nice person who [took] the time to talk you as we finish up the work day by our lockers.” 
 
 “Jayme was their world I hope to God she will be found safe.” 
 
 Luella May, a former coworker at Jennie-O, told The Daily Beast that she was devastated by the loss of the couple. 
 
 “Denise was a very sweet girl and she loved everyone. I went to her house a few times and I met her daughter Jayme and she was just a doll, and now she’s growing up into a beautiful young girl,” May said on Tuesday. 
 
 “James was a very funny man and a blast to have around. If you ever needed anything they would do what they could to help,” May added. ||||| CLOSE Authorities in Wisconsin are still searching for a missing 13-year-old girl. Here's the timeline of events after the initial 911 call on Monday morning when police found her parents dead. USA TODAY 
 
 Jayme Closs (Photo: Barron County Sheriff's Department) 
 
 BARRON, Wis. - A missing Wisconsin teenager was still at home when her parents were shot to death this week, the Barron County sheriff said Wednesday. 
 
 Officials determined that James and Denise Closs died from gunshot wounds early Monday and ruled their deaths as homicides, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said at an afternoon news conference. Further details about the autopsies were not available, and the murder weapon has not been found. 
 
 Authorities issued a national Amber alert Monday afternoon for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, and the search for her continued Wednesday. Officials believe she's in danger but Fitzgerald said they expect to find her alive. 
 
 The sheriff's department arrived early Monday at the Closs' home about a mile west of Barron after dispatchers received a 911 call from an unknown person. Officials found the bodies of James Closs, 56, and Denise Closs, 46, but their daughter was nowhere to be found. 
 
 Officials have said the 911 call came from inside the home and identified the cellphone it came from but declined to say who owns it. The caller did not speak to dispatchers. 
 
 More: What we know about the disappearance of Jayme Closs 
 
 Fitzgerald on Wednesday said that information from the phone call and from inside the home led investigators to conclude that Jayme Closs was home at the time her parents were killed. 
 
 The Miami Police Department tweeted Monday that Jayme may have been spotted nearby in a black Ford Explorer with Wisconsin plates with two well-dressed, bearded men. But Fitzgerald said Wednesday that they haven't received any tips of a credible sighting, and on Tuesday he cast doubt on the Miami report. 
 
 Law enforcement officers use a police canine Tuesday as they walk the property in the Town of Barron where Jayme Closs disappeared. (Photo: TZ Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) 
 
 The murders and subsequent disappearance of Jayme have rattled the quiet town of fewer than 3,500 people. Barron is about 45 miles northwest of Eau Claire and 80 miles northeast of Minneapolis. 
 
 With strawberry-blond hair and green eyes, Jayme has been described as a sweet, quiet girl who runs cross country and loves to dance. Her parents were longtime employees of Jennie-O Turkey Store in Barron. 
 
 The sheriff scheduled a town hall Wednesday night exclusively for Barron residents to have a dialogue about how the community is coping. Victim assistance personnel were to be available to address wellness concerns. 
 
 Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/17/missing-wisconsin-girl-jayme-closs-parents-were-shot-death/1676980002/ ||||| (CNN) Volunteers and law enforcement combed the side of a highway on Thursday looking for evidence in the disappearance of a missing Wisconsin teenager whose parents were found dead in their home this week. 
 
 But the search along Highway 8 in Barron County, Wisconsin, didn't turn up anything of value, according to Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald. 
 
 Hours earlier, Fitzgerald asked for 100 volunteers to help in the routine search for evidence that could be related to the case as the search for Jayme Closs entered its fourth day. 
 
 The 13-year-old was likely at her family's Barron home, located on Highway 8, when her parents were shot dead, and she vanished moments later, investigators believe. Her whereabouts and safety are still in question. 
 
 "We believe Jayme was in the home at the time of the homicides and we believe she's still in danger," Fitzgerald said this week. 
 
 Thursday's search took place about 3 miles from the family's home, according to CNN affiliate WCCO 
 
 Since authorities received a cryptic 911 call and discovered the bodies of Jayme's parents in their home near the town of Barron early Monday, investigators have received more than 800 tips and have not confirmed any credible sightings of the girl. 
 
 But the sheriff said he has a "100% expectation that she's alive." 
 
 #FBIMilwaukee needs your help, as the search continues to bring home 13 year old Jayme Closs, now missing & endangered after her parents were found dead in their home in Barron, WI early this week. Call the tip line 1-855-744-3879.#FindJayme pic.twitter.com/rNELlQKJb6 — FBI Milwaukee (@FBIMilwaukee) October 17, 2018 
 
 An Amber Alert was issued Monday for Jayme and several law enforcement agencies have joined the search. 
 
 Motive in parents' death is unclear 
 
 Deputies are also trying to solve the killings of Jayme's parents, James Closs, 56, and Denise Closs, 46, in the small city of Barron. 
 
 During a 911 call shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, the dispatcher heard a disturbance in the background. But no one spoke directly to the dispatcher, Fitzgerald said. 
 
 When deputes arrived to the home less than four minutes later, Fitzgerald said, no one was in sight and no vehicles were in the immediate area. 
 
 Closs' parents were shot and their deaths have been ruled homicides, Fitzgerald said Wednesday. No gun was found at the scene, he said. 
 
 It's not clear how long James and Denise Closs had been dead when their bodies were discovered Monday. 
 
 On HLN's "Crime & Justice" Wednesday night, Fitzgerald told host Ashleigh Banfield that deputies had recovered the cell phone from which the 911 call was made. 
 
 Fitzgerald said additional agencies, including the FBI, are involved. "They are the experts in breaking down 911 tapes, looking at our phones, and taking care of all evidence in that manner," he said. 
 
 Authorities said they have determined whose cell phone the call came from, but declined to identify the owner. 
 
 Investigators also believe Jayme was at home during the shooting based on details from the 911 call and evidence from the home. 
 
 "Is it a random attack or a targeted attack? I don't know that answer," Fitzgerald told reporters. "That's why those leads are so important." 
 
 Joan Smrekar, who lives next door to the Closs home, told Banfield she heard two shots a couple of seconds apart just after 12:30 a.m. Monday. 
 
 "It was just, 'bang' and 'bang,'" Smrekar said. 
 
 Relatives wait in agony 
 
 Seara Closs said she wishes she were the one endangered, not her cousin Jayme. Seara wrote an open letter to Jayme on Facebook. 
 
 "I'm going thru our family pictures, worrying sick about you :( wishing we could trade places just to get you home and out of harms way," Seara Closs posted 
 
 In her post, Seara reminded her cousin that her family -- including her slain parents -- love her dearly. 
 
 "Grandpa Jim (James) Closs, your Momma Bear, Denise Closs and your very own night [in] shinning armor, your Daddyo Jim JR Closs ... love all of you!" Seara Closs wrote. 
 
 Authorities said they don't believe Jayme Closs ran away. 
 
 Barron Area School District administrator Diane Tremblay said Jayme, a member of her school's cross-country team, is a "sweet girl who is a loyal friend and loves to dance." 
 
 During a recent school assignment, Jayme was asked what she would do with $1 million, Tremblay said. Jayme wrote that she would "feed the hungry and give the rest to the poor." 
 
 Both James and Denise Closs were long-time employees of the Jennie-O Turkey Store in Barron, Jennie-O's parent company Hormel said. 
 
 "Our thoughts are with the Closs family and the entire Barron community," said a statement from Jennie-O Turkey Store officials. 
 
 "This is a difficult time for our entire team and we are mourning this loss and are still processing this terrible tragedy. We are also hopeful for the safe return of their daughter, Jayme, and are keeping her and the Closs family in our thoughts." 
 
 Jayme Closs is 5 feet tall, weighs 100 pounds and has green eyes and blond or strawberry blond hair, the sheriff's department said. Anyone with information can call the tip line at 1-855-744-3879. 
 
 Correction: A prior version of this story incorrectly spelled the missing girl's last name. ||||| The FBI says it's expanded its search nationwide for a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl missing since her parents were found shot to death in their home Monday morning. Authorities say Jayme Closs was in the house when her parents – 46-year-old Denise and 56-year-old James Closs – were killed. 
 
 The girl, who was ruled out as a suspect on the first day, was gone when deputies arrived. Relatives of Jayme told CBS News the front door to the house was shot in. 
 
 When officers responded minutes after a 911 call to the home in Barron, about 80 miles northeast of Minneapolis, they found no suspicious vehicles, says CBS Minnesota. 
 
 The FBI said Thursday that, "out of an abundance of caution," it was sending a digital Missing Person poster to local media partners across the country for display. 
 
 Jayme Closs, age 13, has been missing from Barron, Wisconsin, since Monday, October 15, 2018. Help the #FBI find her: https://t.co/s0fHKjY3hc pic.twitter.com/XRzoQzLxxH — FBI Most Wanted (@FBIMostWanted) October 18, 2018 
 
 More than 100 local and state FBI agents have been working on the case, and officials say hundreds of tips have come in from the community and people around the country, the station reports. 
 
 One-hundred volunteers have joined the search for Jayme, authorities said Thursday, after Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald asked for people to pitch in. 
 
 He said Wednesday investigators believe she's alive but in danger and he urged the public to continue calling in tips. 
 
 The sheriff's office posted on Facebook Thursday afternoon that so far "nothing of evidentiary value has been recovered." 
 
 She's described as standing 5-feet tall, weighing 100 pounds, with green eyes and blonde hair. ||||| Jayme Closs (Photo: Barron County Sheriff's Department) 
 
 BARRON - A 100-person search party and some 800 tips still have not led Barron County authorities to Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old girl missing since her parents were found shot to death in their home early Monday. 
 
 Meanwhile, police from Wausau sent a school resource officer and therapy dog Thursday to help Barron students cope with the mysterious disappearance of a schoolmate and double murder in their community. 
 
 The state justice department's Office of School Safety also plans to send a team of counselors by the end of the week. 
 
 Barron residents James Closs, 56, and Denise Closs, 46, were found dead about 1 a.m. Monday after police responded to a cellphone call to 911 from inside the home. Their daughter Jayme, a student at Riverview Middle School, was nowhere to be found. 
 
 The incident, and the fact that authorities still don't know what transpired in the Closs home Sunday night, has rattled the quiet town of fewer than 3,500 people. 
 
 “We don’t know anything and that’s hard,” said Cyndi Bragg, who owns InFocus Eyewear in Barron and has lived in the area for 25 years. 
 
 She said the whole community is on edge and “stuck in limbo” as they await more information. Meanwhile, she’s told her children to be aware of their surroundings, and her family is taking extra care to lock their door. 
 
 Buy Photo Volunteers search a ditch near Barron, Wisconsin, on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, looking for any evidence related to missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs. The girl hasn't been seen since before her parents were discovered shot to death early Monday in the family home. (Photo: Haley BeMiller/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) 
 
 On Thursday afternoon, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald posted a plea on Facebook for 100 "able-bodied volunteers" to help in the search for evidence related to her disappearance. The volunteers then spread out to search specific areas near the community. 
 
 The sheriff called it a "routine search for articles of evidentiary value." Two hours after the search began he posted a Facebook update that said nothing had been found related to Jayme's disappearance. 
 
 One of the volunteers out in the field was Ashley Vandenvrink, who lives roughly 30 minutes from Barron in Clayton. Volunteers were looking for just about anything that might seem suspicious, she said. 
 
 Vandenvrink is a mother of four, which inspired her to help with the search. 
 
 “It’s heartbreaking,” she said. “That could’ve been my daughter. That could’ve been anybody’s kid.” 
 
 Fitzgerald also wrote that the sheriff's office had received more than 800 tips since Monday morning and asked that people with information continue to report it by calling 855-744-3879. 
 
 Buy Photo Badge, the Wausau Police Department's trained therapy dog, awaits her chance to help students in Barron cope with the disappearance of 13-year-old schoolmate Jayme Closs. (Photo: Haley BeMiller/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) 
 
 Wausau Police Chief Ben Bliven, whose department was affected by a mass shooting in March 2017 that drew national attention, said he was eager to help Barron — though the communities are more than two hours apart. 
 
 "There comes a time in every community when help is needed; we have certainly experienced that need for help,” Bliven said in a statement. 
 
 RELATED: Barron parents shot to death, Wisconsin teen still missing 
 
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 Wausau School Resource Officer Nick Stetzer visited the Barron schools with his therapy dog, Badge. Stetzer said students and staff enjoyed seeing the dog and one girl even asked if she could take Badge home with her. 
 
 Trauma is difficult for everyone to handle, Stetzer said, but the therapy dog can provide love to anyone without judgment. 
 
 “A couple seconds of relief of petting the dog and not thinking about stuff definitely helps when it comes to trauma,” he said. 
 
 Buy Photo Wausau School Resource Officer Nick Stetzer works with his therapy dog, Badge, outside Barron schools on Thursday, Oct. 18. Stetzer and Badge visited with students and staff reeling from the disappearance of schoolmate Jayme Closs and the shooting deaths of her parents, James and Denise Closs. (Photo: Haley BeMiller/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) 
 
 Kristen Devitt, director of the state's Office of School Safety, said the additional counseling and therapy resources can help the community now and going forward. The office is working with Barron County Human Services on crisis response so the county can eventually take on that role full time. 
 
 Trying to cope with the traumatic losses in Barron is frightening and anxiety-producing for local residents, Devitt said. 
 
 “There isn’t anyone in this community that this hasn’t touched,” she said. 
 
 The Wisconsin Safe and Healthy Schools Training & Technical Assistance Center will also provide training to school staff and counselors on trauma-informed practices and PREPaRE, which outlines how school professionals can provide mental health support in a crisis. 
 
 All services will be funded through an emergency grant from the state justice department, according to Attorney General Brad Schimel. 
 
 Buy Photo Investigators use a canine Tuesday to help search the grounds near the Closs home in Barron. (Photo: TZ Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) 
 
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– "Every second counts" in the search for Jayme Closs, and authorities say they've so far received about 800 tips on the disappearance of the Wisconsin teen. The 5-foot-tall 13-year-old with strawberry-blond hair and green eyes was found to be missing early Monday when cops responded to a 911 call at her Barron home; her parents were found there shot to death. In addition to hundreds of tips being called in, USA Today notes that a team of 100 volunteers, recruited on Facebook by Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald, has been scouring the area in a "routine search for articles of evidentiary value." The hunt for Jayme—who Fitzgerald seems certain is still alive, per CNN—isn't just in Barron: CBS News and Newsweek report the FBI has expanded the search nationwide, with the agency placing Jayme on its top missing-persons list and blasting out a missing-persons poster "out of an abundance of caution" to media across the country. More than 100 local and state FBI agents are said to be helping to find her. "At the end of the day, I want a 13-year-old here safe and sound," Fitzgerald said Wednesday. "That's our goal. That's our only goal right now." (So far, not much has turned up.)