it's an old town, fayetteville.at tower marks the spot where north carolina ratified the constitution back in the zufl war. now it's a military town and 160 acres back there is the army's fort brag where soldiers prepare to go to war. nestled up beside that is hope air force base. two institutions, two professional military men, one woman. >> and that woman, michelle fear, now found herself caught between her husband marty, the air force captain and her former lover john diamond who just wouldn't go away. >> i told him i don't want to leave my husband. i never told him i love you. i never said i want to be with you. i mean, i think i was pretty straight up. >> so now with the holiday season in full swing and a new commitment to her marriage, michelle and marty were on the road to ra leagleigh for a nigh. traveling with her was another couple from her office. >> they had gone to this christmas party that she specifically asked her boss if marty could go. >> it was sedate by office party standards and over early since

consider them found. >>> on the outskirts of fayettevil fayetteville, north carolina is an old mobilepark, quiet, secluded. in the summer of 2002, it had a new resident. elizabeth shannon was holed up in a trailer here, hiding. >> we received a call saying that she was at such and such location. when we entered the home, we found her hiding, you know, underneath a futon in the living room. >> they arrested her, took her downtown, read her miranda rights and then questioned her without an attorney. at the time elizabeth, remember, was just barely 15 years old. and what did she say after two hours in that room? >> i told the story. >> the whole story? >> uh-huh. >> elizabeth confessed it all. every grisly detail of that awful night in the shannon house. assuming, that is, that what she told the detectives was actually true. >> it got to the point where i finally did for her. but it never would have happened without her. >> her. her very own mother joan shannon. she insisted her mom had wanted david dead for months. first by trying to poison him. then later recruiting one of liz's friend

this highway nearly swallowed outside of fayetteville. debris ricocheting off windshields. you can hear the terror in the voices of this couple, blindsided by an apparent tornado. seat belts saved their lives. in mountainburg, mounds of rubble where a house once stood. >> i opened the back door and looked out and there was rotation and stuff flying everywhere. >> reporter: in louisiana, a tree toppling on to this rv, killing a 2-year-old sleeping inside. in the midwest, winter isn't going quietly, up to 20 inches of snow in parts of south dakota. this, as wind-driven wildfires rage across parts of oklahoma. one dead and 1400 evacuated. another look at the devastation in the part of arkansas, a 71-year-old woman lived in the house just behind me, she took cover in her bathroom during the storm and is thankful to be alive. >> thanks so much, marcus. >>> i want to bring in weather anchor sam champion now, you were telling me all those images, destruction, one storm on the move. >> incredible, right, to think that's true, tom, take a look at that board. everything you see going

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showing the terrifying moment a couple drove right into violent winds of an apparent tornado near fayetteville, arkansas. >> i love you. i love you. >> reporter: that couple grateful to be alive after their brand-new camper van plunged into a ditch off interstate 49. this is just the beginning of peak weather season for the south, and already this morning, officials are assessing the damage after at least eight tornadoes reportedly touched down in parts of texas, arkansas and louisiana on friday. >> the roof is gone. there's the roof. >> reporter: a powerful storm demolishing homes in this mountainburg neighborhood. >> i hear what sounded like a freight train coming through my house. >> reporter: and in louisiana, a 2-year-old girl was killed after strong winds knocked down a large pine tree onto a mobile home. this morning, we know that at least 169 structures sustained some bit of damage in crawford county, arkansas, and already they started the process of cleaning up, paula. >> marcus, thank you. let's see where these storms are heading now. sam champion in for rob marciano once again this