she said she's been looking for her father, george 'skip' zelaya for more than 11 years. he's no longer missing. this morning, deputies announced that remains belong to george 'skip' zelaya. his disappearance is surrounded in mystery. his brother told detectives he d got two envelopes in the mail, one with his drivers license and another with a card and some money.

possibilities, one is that it's homicide. >> reporter: his daughter doubts suicide. >> my dad loves nothing more than to spend time with us. >> reporter: investigators have not figured out how the victim dies. >> that scares me, but at the same time i can have my dad back back. tonight an air conditioning company in spring hill is accused of defrauding customers. customers claim that they were targeted because of their age. we show you how the scam worked. >> reporter: when the guzman's air conditioning wasn't working, they were told it would cost $5,000 to fix it.

he said that it was just a cord that costs $100. he said that the guzman company said the air conditioning needed to replace and it would cost $5,000. >> it would take me a long time to get that money. >> reporter: he called another technician who said it was an easy fix. >> i fixed the wire and plugged it in and everything fired right up. i checked everything, it was perfect. >> reporter: so the things that were listed on that paper?

>> reporter: the hernando county sheriffs office is investigating. when we stopped by mario's he was not there but his lawyer said he has done nothing wrong and it's a family evened business. but guzman thinks he was tarted because of his age and he wants to help others. >> i hate that and i do not want it to happen to anybody else. now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good afternoon sunny but it's chilly for people in florida at this time of year. it's going to be in the 30s tomorrow morning.

into 30s across our northern counties. there may be some frost in the northern counties. but when the sun comes up the temperatures begin to climb. i will tell you all about it in the next few minutes. we are taking a look at the roads. is it looks good. our traffic reporter gives us a look at what we can expect on the roads this weekend. >> we have two construction projects happening in pinellas county that could slow you down. the first is the second phase of a repair project. they finished the work on court

you want to take franklin or turner street instead. also mlk will be crowed night. leave yourself some extra time to make the detour. for more information on these and other incidents follow me traffic. president obama gave more words of encouragement for gun control after the mass shootings this week. >> it's happening in far too many towns and effecting far too many innocent americans and there are some things we can do about it. right now congress may not have

about it we but we need one that does. campaigning for presidential hopeless continues in south carolina. hillary clinton and bernie sanders were competing in south carolina. we are getting a look at a new clinton ad where she gets spoor from gabby, giffords. >> you remember she was a former arizona congress woman who was shot in 2011. six people died in that shooting that day and left a dozen people injured. she now works to stop gun violence. today in south carolina hillary clinton promised to stand up against the gun lobby.

late against one of the accusers. he said he will refile the suit at a later date. new tonight students who dream of starting their own businesses are getting some help. there is a entrepreneurship program being opened in tampa. it helps students to launch successful businesses. starting next month. coming up a woman has a stroke after going to the hair salon. she said it's what happened sick. >> coming up the three things that doctors say could save you

>> what is happening at gas stations to protect your identity. >> shot in the chest during a violent home invasion, how this iraq war vet survived and what is being done to find the man

new at 5:30, a womans trip to the beauty salon lead to a nightmare. this is a lesson every woman could learn from. >> reporter: for elizabeth smith, even simple tasks require a lot of effort, the result of a painful ordeal that began two decembers ago with a trip to this salon, she

she could hardly believe what nearly killed her. her doctors pointed to her time in the shampoo chair, beauty stroke syndrome. her neck hyper extended. medical reports very veal that a clot began to form. she racked up $250,000 in medical bills and just filed a suit against the salon. >> we feel that they did not protect her neck. >> reporter: she still has strength and balance and vision issues but her biggest concern is a clot that remain in her brain. if it moves she could die. >> i wake up wondering everyday if i will make it through the day.

arthritis in their neck or people with hardening arteries need to be careful when they go to the salon. they said to not lean back 15 to 20 degrees or have your hair washed face down. a local wounded warrior is about to see the entrance to the spot that will be his new home. he was injured by an ied and suffers from ptsd and he said this gift gives all veterans hope. >> it was amazing, it feels like my hard work paid off. what a better way to give back to the deserving men and women that served in the armed forces

>> reporter: this is the second home pulte group has build in the area and one of about 30 in the country. a new study in florida could end up saving the lives of thousands of shelter dogs. they are sometimes mislabeled as pit bulls. mislabeling a dog as a pit bull increases it's chance of staying in the shelter longer increasing the chances for the dog to be euthanized. locally, a shelter did dna tests on dogs assumed to be pit mixes, they found that most of them were not. >> they have sat here this the kennels for 30 days before we

tests they were adopted. >> based on that success they are thinking of continuing testing on the dogs. tonight jake is taking action by showing us to spot/gas pump that could have a skimmer inside. >> skimmer. >> reporter: morning, this woman does a check looking for a skimmer, it captures card numbers without you knowing it. >> if i can help i will be glad to. >> it does not take long to put these device on. >> reporter: this sheriff is finding one skimmer per mopt. friday morning the department did inspections at several gas stations. >> we are trying to get ahead

>> but this is not a sarasota only problem. 166 skimmers were found in the state last year. each can store a thousand credit card numbers. you should look at the card reader to make sure it's not loose and a lot of pumps have security tape on it. if it's broken, you know something is wrong. >> reporter: also be aware of where you fill up. >> they put them on pumps far away from the station. station. >> reporter: we did not find any skimmers on this ride along

crooks out of business. now the most accurate weather team in florida. >> it's oscar weekend. maybe you want to catchup on some movies. >> how many of the ones that were nominated have you seen. >> zero. >> this year, there is not one movie that everyone wants to see. >> of course you can get all of the answers on abc saturday night and we will be here after the show. it's going to be a beautiful weekend. weather. i am sure you had a chance to go outside and do yard work. sunny but colder. by tomorrow morning we are

temperatures in the 30s and 40s. right now it's colder than yesterday, to me it just feels yoarld out there but if you look at the numbers it's only a few degrees colder. tomorrow morning i may want to bundle up though. outside, tampa 58 degrees with sunny skies. the dew pointing dropping. if the winds were to stay up we would not have to worry about frost but tomorrow morning the winds will come down and that will allow for some patchy counties. saint peat, sunny and 58. north west winds at 12.

the winds will start to come down between 3:00 and 4:00 tomorrow morning and that is when the frost could come in. we could be cloud free through the weekend. tomorrow morning if you are getting out early, layer. it's 15 degrees below normal. sunshine will be a aabundant. the sun can get you still. you want to cover up and wear sun screen because you can still get burned easily but it still will be a beautiful weekend. so saturday morning mid 30s across the northern counties.

something we have to watch. it will not be widespread but pass co, and northern hillsborough could see some frost. we are back in the mid 60s saturday and sunday. we could be up to 80 degrees by the middle of next week. seas, two to 4 feet, not i deal boating conditions but the weather will be nice. high tide 4:45 and low tide at 10:11. a front is coming in wednesday into thursday but right now i do not think it's much. maybe a bit cooler and a few

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from battle star galactica. new tonight three new york college students are facing charges off a video that initially claimed that they were attacked. now investigators are saying that a review of multiple videos of the incident showed the women as victimsment students are frus frustrated after holding a rally for the victims. >> he took these girls word for it, that it happened. >> one suspect's attorney said the video does not show the whole story. the university police chief said this was not a hate crime. now a look at what is

>> the i team is exposing these powders and prompting change, the four things you will not be allowed to do at a color run this weekend. >> then hit and run, a driver runs over a child and just takes off. plus these stories. >> it's not easy to hide your identity when your name is tattooed on your body. >> coming up, he survived iraq to be shot in his own home. >> another student flies through 45 chapters in a week and others do not.

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>> a stroke of luck that brought this suspect down. good evening, the man in this video here finally in custody after spending months hiding from tampa police. >> we learn about his violent past and the surprising way he was finally captured. >> reporter: authorities have been looking for kirk kelly for six months. early sunday morning he was spotted and arrested outside of cleveland ohio. he tried to lie about who he was but check out his tattoos. he could not hide them but he