. >> reporter: loren and carol hall desperately tried to reach their daughter. finally they got through to laura's cell phone. laura told them she had crossed the border into mexico with colton. >> she told me, "dad, colton's killed someone, and they found a body." i heard a rustling, like someone's grabbing the phone from you. and that's when i said, "man, you need to turn yourself in." and he goes "your daughter had nothing to do with this. you need to get her out of here." i thought, "yeah, i'm very aware of that. you need to get her out of there. she looks just like jennifer cave. who's going to be next?" >> reporter: did you think that he was going to kill her? >> yes. >> we thought we'd never see her again. >> but it was like... i felt, "help me, daddy." >> colton flipped out. he wanted to get out of town. he ended up saying, "take me to mexico." so i did. >> reporter: were you afraid for your life? >> of course i was. >> reporter: and that's why you drove him to mexico? >> i was afraid for my life. i was trying to stay alive. >> reporter: what were your p

. >> reporter: loren and carol hall desperately tried to reach their daughter. finally they got through to laura's cell phone. laura told them she had crossed the border into mexico with colton. >> she told me, "dad, colton's killed someone, and they found a body." i heard a rustling, like someone's grabbing the phone from you. and that's when i said, "man, you need to turn yourself in." and he goes "your daughter had nothing to do with this. you need to get her out of here." i thought, "yeah, i'm very aware of that. you need to get her out of there. she looks just like jennifer cave. who's going to be next?" >> reporter: did you think that he was going to kill her? >> yes. >> we thought we'd never see her again. >> but it was like... i felt, "help me, daddy." >> colton flipped out. he wanted to get out of town. he ended up saying, "take me to mexico." so i did. >> reporter: were you afraid for your life? >> of course i was. >> reporter: and that's why you drove him to mexico? >> i was afraid for my life. i was trying to stay alive. >> reporter: what were your p

labor spent in the factory and union hall and picket line in fighting for others, if you ask john, his proudest achievement is his being a devoted husband to carole, one of my favorite people. and a loving father to six children and 13 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. thank you, john, for your service to the working men and women of lorain county. for your service to the state of ohio, for your service to our nation. connie and i are honored to consider you our dear friend. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the -- that the following be placed in a different place in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, mr. president. i rise today to honor marilyn ropperson of massland, ohio, a proud grandmother of five eagle scouts. this year the boy scouts of america celebrates its 100 years of service to our nation. i have attended scout celebrations. around ohio and our nation families and friends, community and business leaders are celebrating scouting's commitment to service, to protecting the outdoors, some of the original environmentalist, and to instilling the value of faith and fellowship. grow