. >> reporter: jenny jones and 100 others lost their jobs when the company closed in 2009, a victim ofnagement and a weak economy. >> it was hard here before. we gave everything we had to this company and there were weeks without pay and we still came in every day. >> reporter: untouched for two years, a liquidator was about to ship the equipment to a company in pakistan. then with just three weeks to go, local residents and cousins chuck and paul moody bought the mill. >> people are tired of hearing we can't do it. it is going overseas. we can do it. >> right now they have 35 workers. the goal is to raise that to 50 by year's end and to double that number in 2012. why would the moodys, who know nothing about the business, with family money on an abandoned blanket factory. >> probably stupidity more than anything. >> reporter: but they're not quite the novices they claim to be. chuck is a retired dairy queen executive. >> want it looped over. >> reporter: paul, a lawyer and former business owner. >> are we doing okay? >> reporter: they didn't know how to make blankets, but they knew wh

back in 1996, a man was convicted of murdering an acquaintance after he claimed that the jenny joneshed with a guy crush confession. a public dispute that's played out for television audiences. >> it's been a hell of a roller-coaster ride. could be linked to this family's nightmare. >> everybody's searching. let's hope we find her and bring her home. >> now, according to the show's schedule, this episode was taped last month, investigators are expecting to analyze both testimony from parker and smith. since the middle of tokt help them in their search. >> tough story, dan kloeffler, thank you. >>> let's check the rest of the morning's headlines with ron claiborne. >> good morning, everyone. >>> in the news, the university of california at davis is launching an investigation after a video of students getting pepper sprayed by campus police went viral. the school's chancellor called the images chilling, but she's resisting calms for her resignation. >>> a highway in germany reopened after a massive 52-vehicle pileup. three people were killed and dozens injured. the accident happened la

back in 1996, a man was convicted of murdering an acquaintance after he claimed the jenny jones show ambushed him with a gay crush confessional. and for this case, a private dispute that played out for television audiences. >> it's been a hell of ale roller coaster ride. >> reporter: could be linked to this family's nightmare. >> my wife is out there, everybody is searching. let's hope we find her. and bring her home. dan kloeffler, abc news, new york. >> have you feel for this family. important, reports out overnight say they cleared the ex-boyfriend. think this could, could have been a random act, not necessarily linked to the boyfriend in the base. >> important to know. see what happens as the case continues this week. for now a look at your monday forecast. >> right, heavy snow in the cascade and northern rockies. downpours, seattle to portland. rain, mountain snow, desert southwest. hail, dangerous winds, tornadoes, to little rock. thunderstorms, memphis to cincinnati. showers from new york to d.c. >> 57, baltimore. 73, atlanta. 80 in the big easy. indianapolis, 55. kansas city,

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