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Funeral Set for Wisconsin Couple Whose Daughter is Missing

An online obituary says the Wisconsin couple was married in 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and worked at Jennie-O Turkey Store in Barron for 27 years.

A funeral will be held this weekend for a Wisconsin couple who were shot dead in their home last week and whose 13-year-old daughter is still missing.

Family members have scheduled an 11 a.m. Saturday visitation and 1 p.m. funeral service for James and Denise Closs at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Cameron, a village next to the couple's hometown of Barron. 

Deputies responding to a 911 call on Oct. 15 found the couple dead in their home and their daughter, Jayme Closs, missing.

Investigators believe she was abducted and have ruled her out as a suspect in her parents' deaths. 

An online obituary says the couple was married in 2003 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and worked at Jennie-O Turkey Store in Barron for 27 years. 

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said Monday that investigators have received more than 1,300 tips about Jayme's whereabouts and have closed 1,100 of them.

Some of the tips led to the decision to resume the ground search, he said, though he declined to elaborate.

"We've determined we'd like to search a bigger search area based on information our investigators have collected," Fitzgerald said. "These tips have led us to this." 

Two cars that may have been traveling near the Closs family's home on the night of the killings are being sought in the case, Fitzgerald said. 

Investigators are looking for a red or orange Dodge Challenger and a black Ford Edge or black Acura MDX. Fitzgerald didn't have information on the cars' license plates.

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