The Christin Lamb Foundation, named for 8 year old Christin Lamb of Wyoming, is a non-profit corporation. The Foundation was created by Christin's family, friends and volunteers and governed by a board of directors. In addition to providing education, and assisting in the recovery of, missing children, the Foundation provides help to families with missing children quickly locate the needed resources, and provide them with guidelines to help find their missing children. Christin was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered on July 19, 1998, in Powell, Wyoming. Her body was found 2 1/2 weeks later in the Powell landfill and a man who had once been charged with a sex offense against a child pleaded guilty to raping and murdering the girl and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Christin's mother asked a Senate committee to recommend a bill that would require more residents to be informed when a convicted sex offender moves into their neighborhood. The committee voted 5-0 to recommend House Bill 77 to the Senate. The measure would generally implement provisions of the federal Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act. The web address for the Christin Lamb Foundation is www.clamb.org

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