this is nicole lavel. she disappeared from her apartment some time between midnight and 7:00 this morning. anne anne talked to the girl's mom and has the very latest on that search live in roanoke. >> reporter: daner, this is a really bad situation. it seems the whole town is on alert keeping their eyes peeled for the 13-year-old. here is one big concern, when nicole was 10 months old she had a liver transplant and has to take anti-rejection meds twice a day. the last time she took one was last night and she already missed a dose. her mom didn't want to go on camera but says she thinks lavel climbed out of her bedlavel climbed out of her bedroom window. she took water bottles and her minion blanket and not her medicine. >> at this point we still don't know if it is a runaway situation or if there is foul play involved. we are asking for anyone with information to please contact us with anything that you

anything can help us at this point. >> reporter: if she doesn't get her medication, she could do permanent damage to her body or even call her body to reject her liver. blacksburg's pd 540-961-115 0. or people can call anonymously 540-961-1819. daner? dan dan we have that picture on our web site at web web and we also have it posted on our staition facebook fan page. share it so others can see it again. a judge called it the most violent murder that linkedin has seen. the man behind it come to knack voss will spend the rest of his life in prison. the 24-year-old was arrested after a manhunt for shooting and killing shawn moss. moan moan was in the court room as that sentence came down and mona, it got pretty tense in there. >> reporter: daner, the situation in the court room immediately changed once the

within minutes, dominic moss went from apologizing to the family of shawn moss to threaten to shoot the commonwealth deputy attorney in the face. [sirens] >> reporter: a brutal murder on a quiet street. [inaudible] >> reporter: shawn moss was shot in cold blood by this man, 24-year-old dominic moss. >> father, we forgive those that caused this. >> reporter: prosecutor chuck thalmey said the conflict involved a long conflict with his brother. dominic moss, one was good arizona the other. >> that defendant is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: moss ambushed shawn on 11th and polk street in august of 2014. shawn put his hands up and that is when moss open fired. >> shot him while he was standing up and stood over top of him after he fell. >> reporter: the details of this violent murder brought shawn moss's family to tears in

at one point, shawn moss's mother took the stand to say not only did she lose a son but a 13-year-old boy lost his father. >> he has a son that is going to grow up without a father. >> reporter: moss apologized to shawn moss's family saying he, too, is a father and now claims to be a changed man, but judge patrick yates said in court that he believes if moss had the opportunity, he would kill again. >> and the judge announced his sentence, he just exploded and started making threats to others in the court room including myself. >> reporter: his last words was if aid gun right now i would shoot that expletive in the face. >> reporter: very emotional day in court. while dominic moss was on the run he got money, rides and a place to stay from his three different girlfriends. under his plea agreement, the commonwealth district attorney agreed to drop the charges

moss got an additional two years in prison for punching a blue ridge regional jail officer in the face. daner. in weather today, you probably enjoyed the sunshine and also more of that snow melting away. temperatures in the 40s. right now we are looking out live over linkedin and liberty where theycallyed out some of that snow and 43 in linkedin. and 30s into blacksburg. we are going to see some refreezing. most of us will be in the 20s. 25 at 7:00. a little later when all of us will see a huge warm-up. >> thank you, george. i have seen a lot of people out there shoveling the sidewalk and the city wants to you do that now.

people clear their sidewalks residential neighborhoods with her granddaughters, and she's been impressed. (:07)patricia brophy, walking around residential streets, "for the ones that are able to and have the where with all to do it, i would say for the most part, people have cleared their sidewalks."danner tight the city says they don't ticket those who don't shovel since the police department is too busy dealing with weather related calls to issue citations. also, some people just aren't able to shovel snow. 3 3 danner tight most of us are getting back to our regular schedules after the winter storm had us snowed in. even though the storm has passed, construction crews are still feeling the impact. tola adamson is live in danville. tola the snow impacted a danville- pittsylvania county habitat for humanity project.tola danner, the good news here is that volunteers have been working on the home for several months and most of the exterior is complete. if it wasn't, i'm told then it could have set back the schedule significantly. crews were working on the

4-hundred block of hughes street in danville. they just finished doing the electrical work and that's when the storm hit. it has put construction on delay because volunteers couldn't leave their homes. the halt on construction caused a chain reaction- delaying other projects in the house.karen sgrinia, "we're in the process of working out hvac and plumbing can't start until the hvac is done. the hvac is being done by an hvac class at dcc, so when they're closed or delayed for snow, then that doesn't get done and therefore the plumbing part gets backed up."tola habitat for 3 humanity says the snow delayed the project a few days and says they will delay the project just a few days and they hope to have the house ready for the family by mid spring. live in danville, tola adamson, abc 13 news. >> danner: all right, thank you, tola. as we continue to get those

them any time at wset.com. remember we only accept church closings for wednesday and sunday services. the students in bedford county may have been back in school today, but at least they were nice and toasty at liberty high school. crews took advantage of the snow days to fix the hvac systems. high winds knocked over a power pole a couple of weeks ago leadpole a couple of weeks ago leading to that damage. this is video from the day we visited when teachers and students had to bundle up in a small number of the classrooms. an attorney for a transgender student in virginia wants an appeals court to appeal its client right to use the boy's bathroom in school. gavin grim's attorney made arguments before a three-judge federal panel. grim was born female and identifies as male. the gloucester county school board barred grim from using a boy's bathroom. they ruled goes.they ruled him in september and the appeals board will fuel in the next few weeks.

shoveling and keeping the kids occupied after the snow, your hands have been drying out. what you can do to keep your hands from getting cracked this winter. lots of reaction coming in tonight after jerry falwell jr. endorsed donald trump. hear from liberty university

think you will like tmeteorologist george flickinger.

count on. >> george: coming up here wednesday evening, you will probably realize that the weather will stay colder. to morning we stay above freezing but tonight we will see a freeze. that means whatever has been melting will refreeze overnight and tomorrow morning as lows will be dropping intng into the 20s. the weather is also going to be cool during the afternoon for your thursday and friday with cold mornings. we will see highs in the 40s for thursday and friday, then beginning saturday, a major warm-up dmix and by sunday and monday, all of us will be reaching the 60s and looking deeper into next week we will see rain returning by wednesdaysee rain returning by wednesday. beautiful day looking out over lynchburg. you can see some clouds. 43 degrees. saw more of that snow melting today. the wind is light and the wind will remain light. also the air today is a little drier, that means that the temperatures tonight will be turning colder after sunset. roanoke at 42.

danville you are at 45. if you were watching us from south boston, 47. farmville, 46. and 45 toward the university of virginia. the radar is dry, and we are going to be staying dry for the next several days. no rain showing up anywhere nearby. on the futurecast, when you wake up in the morning, do be aware that there could be some refreezing. i don't think it is going to be overly widespread problems because a lot of that snow has been shovelled, but any snow that has melted today will be refreezing in the morning. for tomorrow, we will have sunshine in the morning, but increasing high clouds during the day. we are going to stay dry here even though it may look like rain. if you were traveling south, if you are headed down toward raleigh durham, over toward charlotte or toward the coastline, you will be seeing showers that direction, but we are going to stay dry. more areas of rain to our east and we do want to point out colder up to the north with chances for snow into the new england states. tonight, we will be partly cloudy, cold and dry. 20s by morning. lynchburg falling to 25.

amherst, 25, and upper 20s down toward south side. your thursday. at 7 a.m., a mix of sun and clouds and 25. so between 7 and 9, we will stay below freezing and we will ice. cool and dry tomorrow afternoon, 42 at noon. at 3 p.m. into the mid-40s and 44 at 5:00. put that mix of sun and clouds and around the rest of the area mid- to upper 40s for many of us. if you were watching us from smith mountain lake, 47. danville at 50. altavista at 48. south boston at 49. your seven-day forecast show we have two more cool or cold days to get through, and then on saturday, sunshine and warmer will be the upper 50s to nearing 60 on saturday. all of us into the low to mid-60s. big-time warm-up for your sunday and monday and the next week we will be tracking changes as rain returns. could see a few showers by tuesday. most of the rain holds off until wednesday. >> danner: all right, thank you, george. check your hands, mine are

how about yours? >> i wear my rings and my jewelry and have my nails painted, the more you do that

it is a common complaint this time of year, dry, crackthis time of year, dry, cracked hands. so what can do you beyond using moisturizer? we have some recommendations. >> reporter: when you are outside in this cold right now, no matter how much you try to cover them up, it is hard to avoid the impact of this wicked winter weather, which means your hands and fingers feel -- >> dry and cracked and sore. they are red. and they hurt. >> reporter: and while most of us know when you come in that that cold, some good motionizeers and a few hand products can make a difference, there are a few other steps that you might want to take. not about rubbing lotion or gelnot about rubbing lotion or gels on the hand, it is getting underneath the skin and getting people to absorb to avoid those dry, cracked hands. >> tons of things talk do whether with products or at home care. >> reporter: jamie petigrew says in a season of sickness you need to wash your hands a lot. after doing that, she

for a sugar scrub to exfoliate the cells in the surface of the skin. helps absorb for moisture, but john mendelson says one of the things you can do to reduce the signs of ageing that show up on the hands as we get older. >> many, many things we can do to prevent aged appearing skin. >> reporter: after the exfoliation, she suggests a hoba oil. >> the oil definitely absorbs more into the skin. >> reporter: the oil is made from a seed that comes from a shrub that grows in dry areas. it is side have a long-lasting effect against dryness that can lead to cracks at the tips of your finger tips. they are important for flattering fingers. >> danner: that is liz -- jojoba oil is available at most drug stores at $8 a bottle. who is a bigger baby when

>> i would say my husband. laugh yeah. >> i think he is. >> no. >> yeah. >> definitely not. >> i think so for sure. >> danner: there may now be an explanation why illnesses may effect one gender over the other. i will explain in tonight's health check at 6:00. but first, take our web poll on our facebook fan page. our abc 13 facebook page. who do you think complains more when they are sick, men or swim in take the quiz. results tonight at 6:00. the survival numbers aren't good when you are facing sudden cardiac arrest.

the plane and knew somethin i looked over the newesweather info for you for your weekend, and your weekend is still looking great for your outdoor plans. saturday will be a little colder. we will have 20s in the mornings and warming toward 57. sunday, freezing at 8 a.m. and into the 60s with 60s sustaining dry for the weekend. one man got a chance to thank the people responsible for savefor saving his life on a plane. frank gabler just boarded a flight from orlando to san antonio when he even in the sudden cardiac arrest. luckily there were several doctors on board returning from a medical conference.

flight attendants got the in-flight defibrillator and able to get him to the hospital in time. he got to reunite with the people who saved him at the airport yesterday. >> i found myself in the same predicament. and instead of jesus coming to my rescue, he sends angels. >> reporter: gabler spent a few days in incentive care and is equipped with his own defibrillator.

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you can feed a lot of people for $50. best of luck. i think this is the type of lead that's right country needs right now. somebody who is not politically correct. >> danner: the fallout tonight when the president of the biggest christian university in the nation publicly endorses donald trump. abc 13 is getting you the answers your family is looking for about the zika virus, and a heightened level of concern. plus -- >> they just unloaded on him and just shot him like a whole bunch of times and they killed him. >> tensions boiled over between armed anti-government protestarmed anti-government protesters and law enforcement in oregon. anytime, anywhere, award-winning coverage you can count on, this is abc 13 news. >> mark: the iowa caucus is less than a week away, and one presidential candidate is making headlines again. >> danner: donald trump says he will not participate in tomorrow's gop debate on fox

>> i won't be doing the debate. we will have something in eye wry we raise money for the veterans and wounded warriors. we will do something simultaneously with the debate. >> danner: fox is angry with fox for a press release mocking him. also says meghan kelly the moderator is biased against himmoderator is biased against him. on the democratic side, bernie sanders has cut into hillary clinton's kleed according to the "washington post" poll, the margin is the smallest it has been. backlash after jerry falwell jr. endorsed donald trump. students, alumni and his own brother voiced concerns. >> danner: spoke about the trump-fp falwell connection. overlooking the liberty campus. priscilla? >> reporter: danner, this "christian post" some liberty alumni are embarrassed and disappointed following falwelldisappointed following