abc's elizabeth vargas has this twisting tale. >> reporter: it is 7:00 p.m. on a 30-degree april evening in the suburbs of minneapolis. while most families are settling in for dinner, one family is about to fracture forever. when two children living at this >> no shoes. no coats. no backpacks. nothing. >> poof. they're gone. >> reporter: 13-year-old jianna and 14-year-old samantha ruckee disappear. the only trace, footprints in the snow. their parents are embroiled in an ugly divorce and custody dispute. but they insist they are united in their desperation for the girls. where did they go? who are they with? and why does our journey begin by asking questions to their mother inside the ramsay county jail? >> did you have anything to do with your two daughters running away? >> no. >> do you sit here and think, how did this happen? >> clean record, never had a problem. >> here you are in jail on a million dollars' bail, what's going on? >> i have no idea. this shouldn't be what happens in a divorce. >> reporter: this divorce is more like guerilla warfare than le

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i'm elizabeth vargas. >> i'm david muir. of us at "20/20" and abc news, enjoy the rest of your weekend. >> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. kimberly: breaking news from northwest d.c. tonight, the friendship heights metro station filled with smoke, an insulator fire just feet from the platform, riders forced to evacuate at tenleytown. that terrifying incident lighting up so

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i'm elizabeth vargas. >> i'm david muir.f us at "20/20" and abc news, enjoy the rest of your weekend. >>> coming up here philadelphia police are hunting foreman who held a woman captive for 11 hours today and could be hearing new music for decades to come from prince. "action news" is next.

i'm elizabeth vargas. for david and all of us here at "20/20" saturday and abc news, have a great night and a great weekend. . >>> breaking news another deadly earthquake, this (harold) looks like australia. (rob) i'm telling you, it's a western omelette. (jeremy) fellas! (harold) hey! what you got there? (jeremy) a new york lottery scratch-off game. you know, for fun. even here. oh, look. it's carol. (harold) that is how you get to be senior associate supervisor.

i'm elizabeth vargas.ght and a great weekend. >>> next up on "action news" flyers struggling, in game two, details straight ahead. >>> police investigate shooting death of the four year-old girl in kensington, "action news" is next. >>> a four year-old girl is shot to death inside of perfect home in kensington and tonight police say i

i'm elizabeth vargas.ght and a great weekend. kimberly: right now, celebrating a life. a local teenager killed in the virginia tech massacre is remembered in her hometown. >> we don't understand why. in they: new information shooting of the firefighters in prince george's county. why the spe

elizabeth vargas joins us to talk about this unusual story. elizabeth: absolutely. we heard there was an underground network in this country. a few years ago, our program did a story on this. this was our first time delving into it and seeing firsthand and talking firsthand to people, two kids hidden in this network. we talked to one young man who spent a year and a half hiding at the age of allegedly abusive father. his father has denied it. he said he was nearly suicidal. he was passed around from house to house at the behest of his mother, hiding from authorities and the family. court system. these girls ran away three years ago this month in a suburb of minneapolis. vanished into thin air. nobody could find them. their father hired a private investigator. police had zero leads. it seemed they might never be found again. number one on the suspect list was the girls' mother embroiled in a bitter custody fight. tonight, we follow all the clues. we had no idea when we started reporting this story how it would turn out. you will go along with us on this amazing journ

i'm elizabeth vargas. >> and i'm david muir. exclusive. as a father now faces off against his very own son. the powerful leader of the church of scientology. david miscavige. >> and now the subject of a new book titled "ruthless." the publishers told us, officials from the church asked them not to release it. what's in it? dan harris is about to find out. >> reporter: you have written a whole book about your son, and you've called the book "ruthless." >> yeah. >> reporter: that's a pretty damning charge to level against your own child. >> right. he wasn't always that way. when he was a kid, i am telling you, he was a lovable kid. >> reporter: ron miscavige says long before his son became the almighty leader of one of the most controversial new religions on the planet -- >> how much must one do to call himself a scientol speeches to cheering crowds of believers, and before all that elbow-rubbing with celebrity scientologists like tom cruise, john travolta and kirstie alley, david was just a regular kid growing up in this middle class neighb

i'm elizabeth vargas. >> i'm david muir. weekend. >>> honored in brooklyn tonight was prince with a tribute from the boss, as family and friends say good-bye to the music legend at a memorial service. >>> but first, mayor bill de blasio defending himself and his team as a newly surfaced memo raises serious questions over fundraising practices. >>> good evening, everyone, i'm sandra bookman. >> and i'm joe torres. the memo obtained by the daily news is from a board of elections investigation. >> it alleges a plan to help democrats take back the state senate in 2014 may have violated election fundraising eyewitness news reporter cefaan kim is outside city hall tonight with details. cefaan? >> reporter: well, sandra, it's no surprise that the mayor wants democrats the mower but did power of the state senate but did he break any laws? a bob shep suggests he did and it could be a felony. >> everything we did was legal. and appropriate. and careful. and look. we've said from the beginning, if there's any kind of investigation goin

i'm elizabeth vargas. for david and all of us here at "20/20" saturday and abc news, have a great night and a great weekend. . >>> breaking news another deadly earthquake, this (harold) looks like australia. (rob) i'm telling you, it's a western omelette. (jeremy) fellas! (harold) hey! what you got there? (jeremy) a new york lottery scratch-off game. you know, for fun. even here. oh, look. it's carol. (harold) that is how you get to be senior associate supervisor. play scratch-off games from the new york lottery. . >>> now, new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a man hunt underway for a suspect accused of slashing a delivery cab driver. tonight police say he may also be connected to a deadly crime at a homeless shelter. >>> the battle for the democrat presidential nomination heating up bernie sanders focused on voters in his native brooklyn. >>> we're going to begin however with breaking news out of south america, a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit ecuador near a sparsely populate

i'm elizabeth vargas. david is away tonight. trail blazer, rule breaker, prodigy. just some of the words used to describe prince. he -- fans tonight are saying i miss you. and our dan harris is with them now, right outside paisley park. dan? >> reporter: good evening to you from paisley park studios, where prince worked, lived and ultimately died. behind me, you can see a growing memorial. waving to the camera tonight, and look at the fence there, a sea of purple balloons and flowers, a fitting tribute to the man known as the purple one. than 9 acres of land. where he was found dead inside an elevator on the first floor yesterday. and now, the sheriff promising to leave no stone unturned. dearly beloved we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life >> reporter: they gathered here in minneapolis today to celebrate the life of prince -- but also to try to make sense of his mysterious and untimely death. here at paisley park, where prince both lived and worked, they came to honor a native son who became a global pop icon. how'd you feel when you hea

. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas. tonight, we're taking you inside an investigation that "20/20" has been working on for more than two years. >> and right here tonight, the clue in a secret diary that would tie everything together. an ominous line that say, only the quiet ones will be left. >> we'll be tweeting throughout, so weigh in as it unfolds. here's debra roberts. >> reporter: at the foothills of the ozarks, sits branson, missouri, the las vegas of the midwest. drive 45 miles north on old route 66 and you're in springfield, a tranquil college town where the buckle of the bible belt meets beer joints. here on page street, a modest 900-square-foot home, diane staudte and her husband mark embody that unlikely mix of holy water and fire water. she's the church organist down at redeemer lutheran. ♪ he's the lead singer and guitarist of a local blues band messing with destiny. you'll get the irony of that later. together the couple, former college sweethearts, are raising four kids in that small house. six people, th

i'm elizabeth vargas. david is away tonight.egend, phenom, wizard, trail blazer, rule breaker, prodigy. just some of the words used to describe prince. he wrote a haunting song called "comeback" after the death of his baby son and one lyric says spirits come and spirits go some stick around for after the show, don't have to say i miss you because i think you already know. fans tonight are saying i miss you. and our dan harris is with them now, right outside paisley park. dan? >> reporter: good evening to you from paisley park studios, where prince worked, lived and ulmately died. behind me, you can see a growing memorial. to the global pop icon so beloved by the people right here in his hometown waving to the camera tonight. look at the fence there, you can see a sea of purple balloons and flowers, a fitting tribute to the man known as the purple one. and the complex, sitting on more than 9 acres of land. this is where prince recorded nearly 30 records and where he was found dead on thursday morning inside an elevator on the fir

good evening, i'm elizabeth vargas, and welcome to "20/20" saturday. tonight, a brand new twist in a court case that earned the bizarre nickname, the nose job murder. but now it has suddenly become the case of what a injure didn't disclose. and how a young woman's fate could change forever because of it. tonight, you'll hear her speak out. her version of what really happen eed in a story that's al about dating, texting, and what became a fatal attraction. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: the story begins here, at a bar called the milford inn. 24-year-old audrey bolte is waiting. any minute now, a man is supposed to arrive. were you excited to meet him? >> yes, of course, i was very much looking forward to it. >> reporter: audrey isn't just your average beautiful blonde on a blind date. >> audrey bolte, you are miss ohio! >> reporter: she's miss ohio 2012. >> three women remain. >> reporter: one of the final three at the miss usa pageant. >> the second runner up is -- ohio. audrey bolte. >> reporter: but tonight, miss ohio is hoping to meet mr. right. >

i'm elizabeth vargas. david is off tonight. we began this story not knowing what we would find at the end. but after nearly six months on the road, going from big cities to jail cells, we pieced missing children. but were they? the story begins with footprints it is 7:00 p.m. on a 30-degree april evening in the suburbs of a spring snowstorm has blanketed the roads. and while most families are settling in for dinner, one family is about to fracture forever, when two children living at this home vanish. no shoes. no coats. nothing? >> poof. they were gone. >> reporter: 13-year-old gianna and 14-year-old samantha rucki disappear. the snow. but oddly, there is no manhunt to find the girls, no police press conference. >> how can two children in the and no one knows where they are? >> reporter: their parents are embroiled in an ugly divorce and custody dispute but they insist they are united in their desperation for the girls. i don't know what to think. >> you don't sleep. you drive around at night. you're always looking. >> reporte

elizabeth vargas will have more on his impact on the music industry and the investigation into his death. it's called prince, the legend, the mystery. it airs at 10:00 p.m. here on 6abc. >> new at 5:00 tonight a man involved in a deadly shooting with violent police made his first court appearance today. according to police john bane and richard barr jr. were lined a holdup in vineland earlier this month. there was an exchange of gunfire when officers arrived on the scene, bard was killed, bane is now facing several charges including robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon. his bail remains at $200,000. >> students at howard high school of technology in wilmington returned to class today one day after that deadly fight in a school bathroom yesterday. 16-year-old amy joyner-francis lost consciousness during the fight yesterday morning. an autopsy has yet to determine how she died. today grief counselors were on hand at howard high and schools dismissed early. chad pradelli is following that investigation. veal more tonight on "action news" a -- he'll have more tonight on "action news a