Missing Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs was home when her parents were shot to death, sheriff says

A missing 13-year-old girl was at her Wisconsin home when her parents were shot to death, authorities said.

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said Wednesday that autopsies confirmed that James and Denise Closs were were fatally shot. No gun was found at the scene, and evidence points to daughter Jayme Closs being home at the time of the murders, according to Fitzgerald.

Investigators still have a "100 percent expectation that she's alive," but the sheriff said that even though they've received 400 tips, none have been credible sightings.

"We want to bring Jayme home and put that smile back in her family's hands," said Fitzgerald.

Jayme has not been seen since her parents’ bodies were found in their Barron home early Monday.

Fitzgerald said they have determined which cell phone was used to call 911, but would not elaborate.

"I'm not able to comment on whose phone that is as part of the investigation," Fitzgerald told CBS News.

A Closs family member told the network that the front door to the house in Barron was shot in. Investigators say they don’t know whether the attack was random or targeted.

Family members said that Jayme seemed fine when she attended a birthday party on Sunday afternoon.

"Everyone is feeling very helpless right now," family friend Melissa Salmonson told CBS News.

A candlelight vigil was held for Jayme on Tuesday.

“I think being able to come together as family and friends and being able to pray together, and maybe just feel like those prayers are helping in some way will maybe just make us feel a little better,” Salmonson told WQOW.

Anyone with information on Jayme's whereabouts should contact the Barron County Sheriff's Office at (855) 744-3879.

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