mueller. married for almost 27 years. >> they were always super affectionate. they acted like they were two high school kids that were -- had just started dating. they were all over each other. >> like ew. >> narrator: these are the three children. amanda, the would lest, then ariel, and alex, the youngest and only boy. they were brought up in texas near the town of st. angelo. for fun, the family headed to their second home in lake city, colorado. those photos of their parents were taken nearby. >> they both loved the cabin and going up to colorado. >> it was so pretty. it was in a valley, and there were just -- and it would like a postcard, the mountains. >> yeah, there was a river running right near there. >> reporter: their rockies getaway was a family place to relax and escape their busy lives back home. what was life like up at the cabin? >> we would usually go in the summers. >> uh-huh. >> go hiking together, horseback riding and just kind of hang out as a family. >> reporter: did you f

mueller. she's dressed in a lime green jacket. and she's floating face up. he actually found her. i believe he used the word "pinned" under the log and facedown. >> reporter: leslie had no pulse. but golob thought there was still hope that she could be revived. fred had caught up, towering over them from the creek embankment. >> he says, "is she dead?" i tell him it's too soon to know. >> reporter: golob sent fred more help. by then, a small village of first responders had assembled at the start of the trail, among them was hinsdale county sheriff's deputy justin casey. >> we had other officers responding, that we also had the e.m.s. personnel coming in ambulances, and we had fire personnel coming with the fire trucks. >> reporter: dispatch put a call in at the -- in to the local sheriff, ron bruce. >> we had gotten a report of a drowning up on cottonwood creek. and they said they'd keep me advised. >> reporter: and this probably didn't seem totally out of the ordinary for you. >> no. 'cause w

>> mueller: up around 75% to 80%, easily. >> whitaker: yes, you heard right- he said up to 80%. food imported into the united states is inspected by customs and border protection. its new jersey chemists told us they have detected phony oil imported from italy improperly labeled as extra virgin. >> buon giorno. >> whitaker: we were curious supermarket. so we shipped three brands of italian extra virgin we purchased in new york back to the mother country. all three, extra virgin. they were included in a blind taste test by those experts in rome. the process is as tightly orchestrated as a verdi opera. blue glass hides the oil's color. separate cubicles prevents cheating. the panel would not say they were adulterated, but they agreed two brands we purchased back home did not come within a sniff of extra virgin. they described one as "lampante," the lowest quality olive oil. that brand happens to be one of the best selling in america. ( slurping ) >> tirro: it's not that bad. >> whitaker: it's not that bad... >> tirro: not that bad. but maybe for... >> whitaker: but not that good,

mueller has lived in italy for with investigators and food producers. so, where along the food chain does the mafia get involved? >> mueller: from harvesting-- they impose their own workers, they impose prices-- to the transportation. and there's mafia involvement in supermarkets as well. so certain areas, they have really infiltrated the entire food chain from the farm to the fork. >> whitaker: mueller first wrote about olive oil fraud in 2007 for the "new yorker" magazine. >> mueller: you, in many cases, are getting lower grade olive oil that has been blended with some good extra virgin olive oil. you're sometimes getting deodorized oil. they blend it with some oil that has some character to give it a little color, a little flavor, and they sell that as extra virgin. it's illegal; it happens all the time. >> whitaker: extra virgin must come from the first press of olives and be free of additives. it's fruity, aromatic, and has a spicy finish. the best can sell for $50 a to make. the profit margin can be three times better than cocaine. >> tirro: i wou

taking a harder look at carrie's boyfriend, justin mueller. detectives started by talking to carrie's family about him. >> we rely heavily on the information that families give us early on in an investigation. >> reporter: but carrie didn't share details of her love life with her family. they didn't even know justin had moved in with her. it turns out the person carrie did confide in was her ex-boyfriend, tim mcvay. >> to me, it appeared that they were best buds. they talked daily. sometimes they would talk over 20 times a day via text. the main way of communicating was text messaging. >> reporter: tim drove straight to police headquarters when he flew back from las vegas, saying he wanted to help. >> i want to talk to you about carrie. >> absolutely. >> you know, that's why you're down here, right? >> anything you want to know. i don't know where she is. i don't know what she's doing. i very much want to know because i am concerned. also had a lot of concerns about justin, which he shared with the detectives. he said the problems started even

>> no, it's paid by cash. >> reporter: the defense confronted justin mueller. police had said he was spotted in the town where carrie's phone last pinged, but he wouldn't admit it. >> you remember being in the milan area at all during that >> no. >> his phone records put his phone, at the very least, in milan. another person indicated to the police that he was seen in milan. >> reporter: what do you make of that? >> i think it's a huge hole in the prosecution's case. >> reporter: the defense also challenged the state's evidence -- like the carpet fibers found in carrie's hair that investigators said matched the carpeting in mcvay's house. >> she worked in a carpet store. so just because it happened to be in her hair certainly doesn't indicate anyone intentionally killed anybody. >> reporter: they even challenged the idea that a crime had been committed at all. >> how did she get there? we don't know. how did she die? we don't know. it's one of the biggest mysteries that not even sherlock holmes, i don't think, could solve. >> reporter: tim mcvay declined to tak

carrie soon started dating justin mueller, an iraq war vet, with a very different personality from the gregarious, fun-loving tim. >> he seemed very quiet. pleasant. he was polite. he was nice. he seemed a little awkward. looked like a good fit for carrie. he was closer in age, hard working, loyal. and he seemed to find a place in her heart. so, they moved in together. it was a big step. for carrie, it was the first time she had set up house with anyone. but right from the start, it wasn't the happily ever after kind of life carrie dreamed about. the iraq war left justin with a difficult case of post traumatic stress disorder. >> i felt like it wasn't a good match. all he wanted to do was stay home, where carrie was always wanting to go out and do things. >> reporter: did you sort of see that as, like, "this is gonna be -- i can see this is gonna be a problem?" >> i did. i saw, like, a clash. >> reporter: then, just three weeks after justin moved in, there was a problem and it was a big one. carrie suddenly disappeared. it was a monday, december 13, 2013. the start of a work week. stor

>>o, it's paid by cash. >> reporter: the defense coronted justin mueller. police had saihe was spotted in the town where carrie's phone last pinged, but he uldn't admit it. >> you remember being in the milan area aall during tha week >> no. >> his phoneecor p his phone, ae very l, milan. anotr peon indic to the lice thahe wee mila >> reporte what do you makof that? >> i think is a hugeole in the prosecutn's case >> reporter: the defense also challengedhe state fibers found in rrie's hr th investigato said matched the carpeting in mcvay's hou. >> she worked in a cpet ore. jusbecae itappeneto be in her hairertainoesn indica anyonintentionally killed anybody. >> reporter: they even challenged the idea that a crime had been committed at all. >> how did she g there weon't know. how dishe 't know. it of the biggest mysteries that not even sherlock hols, i don thi, could soe. >> reporter: tim mcvay declined to take the stand in his own defense, but he maintains that 's aily n whloves ki, not thviolent ugscribein c. >> >> just not that kinof person. >> ioun't inha

news channel 8's paul mueller spoke to the family. >> reporter: damage and destruction everywhere. just take a look at this. this is all over the place, metal, plywood, everywhere. two people rescued out of it and now families everywhere grateful everyone made it out alive. what's it like to see this the first time? >> it's terrible. >> reporter: returning home. the day after a tornado tore through it. are you amazed that you survived? >> yeah. >> reporter: how did you survive? >> i don't know. girlfriend caught. the roof collapsing on them. two firefighters rescuing him while his daughter in pure panic. >> i was a wreck. and i heard his voice. >> reporter: but awe much more daring rescue for nancy. firefighters using air bags to carefully raise the roof. and then today on the bedroom -- >> right back there. >> reporter: and on the roof. >> the the bed would have been here. >> reporter: nancy's daughter >> a lifetime of memories just gone. blown away. >> such destruction. >> just thankful that they're alive. >> we couldn't be more thankful to have this man here. that's what's doing

paul mueller, news channel 8. >> we are told by the dad that the little boy got out by standing on a chair and unlocking the door. >>> a hearing in the case of a retired police captain accused of shooting a man to death in a pasco county movie theater. chad olsen during an argument in 2014. he claims olsen attacked first. he plans to use a stand your ground offense. >>> this morning president obama's town hall focuses on gun violence is getting a lot of buzz online. the president defended his executive actions and called out the nra for refusing to participate. lindsey mastis is live with your morning alerts. >> reporter: the hashtag guns in america is trending in tampa and throughout the united states this morning. president obama answered questions from the audience, opened up about crying and spoke in depth. >> it's causing more people to buy guns. >> i've been president for over 7 years and gun sales don't seem to have suffered during that time. >> if anything they have -- >> they have gone up. i have been good for gun manufacturers. >> a >> reporter: a new poll found americans s

we have team coverage starting with paul mueller in sarasota county. night filling up dumpster after dumpster taking them 12 hours to clean up what mother nature left behind in minutes. >> as nightfalls on tamiami trail crews continue clean up. >> the winds started blowing up and it just went boom. >> around 11:00 a.m. the metal part of roof went flying. >> you're thinking? >> what happened. >> strong storms with winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour. immediately allen called his wife. >> i got the call, karen, i got the call, it's bad, b-a-d bad. >> did people know what happened? >> they didn't. they got their doughnuts and left. >> it wasn't just the roof but damage to cars outside. then an hour later in arcadia -- >> i came home and just stuff truck was damaged. >> another storm with winds up to 65 miles per hour, roofs torn off homes, trees knocked over, debris throughout the neighborhood. >> tonight we're just going to go home and decompress. >> still the debris has to be taken away. the power is back they hope to be up and running by sunday. in sarasota county, paul mueller, ne

even something like this. >> all right paul mueller reporting live. thank you paul. >>> an 8 on your side consumer alert. if you went to wendy's recently, you may want to keep an eye on your bank account. they are investigating reports of unusual activity on debit and credit cards used at their restaurants. they have launched an investigation and are cooperating with law enforcement. >>> if you don't have your credit card, jp morgan chase says you can use your phone. they are updating all their atms . one new function allows them to take money out by tapping their phone to the atm. the same technology used as apple pay. >>> if you are planning on donning the beads and heading great. 11:30 a.m. t invasion going on. partly cloudy skies. a little cool to start the day. that's not that unusual this time of the year. we are not expecting rain. 62 degrees 2:00 p.m. nice. showers continue to roll in off the gulf of mexico. everything moving so quickly as it has all winter. pinellas, hillsborough relatively quiet. western sections of manatee, sarasota. on and

paul mueller is live at the pinellas county jail. >> reporter: the keith, the king pin, and 14 others wrapped up in the racket, brought here to the pinellas county jail, all of cards for money, money meant for people who need it, as well as money taken out of your pocket, the taxpayer. >> ray makes too much to qualify for assistance, but he says lots of people know how to pete the system. -- beat the system. >> it's not how to get what you want with ebt card. >> reporter: and that's why the doors of the king food mart are chained shut, the owner, taken down today. >> i think he knew the gig was up. >> reporter: he sure did. authorities were on his tail for over a year t began on the first of each month, that's when the deals went down. >> they would come in, exchange the ebt cards, and he would give them cash. >> reporter: then he used his chunk of change to go shopping, surveillance photos show him using that money to stock up on things so he could then sell the goods to six other bay area left, he would come to this bp station, and drain every last cent. officers took in about 170 g

tonight paul mueller spoke with an emotional night for him. >> reporter: you can say that again. plenty of debris all over the place in this neighborhood. there's plywood and metal all over the place. here's the thing. i want you to take a good live look. two people rescued. two families grateful everyone in this neighborhood made it out alive. >> what's it like to see this the first time? >> it easterrable. >> reporter: returning home the day after a tornado tore right through it. are you amazed that you survived? >> yeah. >> reporter: how did you survive? >> i don't know. >> reporter: cameron and his girlfriend caught, the roof collapsing on them. two firefighters rescuing him while his daughter in pure panic. >> i was a wreck, and then i heard his voice and woo. >> reporter: firefighters using air bags to carefully raise the roof. then today on the ground. >> where was your mom at? >> right back there. >> reporter: and on the roof. >> the bed would have been right about here. >> reporter: nancy's daughter and granddaughter sifting through what's left. just gone. blown away. >>

paul mueller joins us live in pasco county with the story. paul? >> reporter: keith, talk about one heck of a wild ride, the chase ending here. you can see tire marks on the ground and here on the lawn of, where else, but the new port richey police department. >> but it ends up on your front lawn. >> now, that is strange. >> reporter: strange, even for >> reporter: the view from the pasco county deputy's body camera catching all the action. the deputy getting a glimpse of 56-year-old lisa myers, nodding off at the wheel. but when she sees him, she takes off. [ sirens ] >> reporter: moments later, the deputy collides with another cruiser, then yet another officer tries to stop myers, but once again, she hits the gas and nearly hits him. but then? >> she's pulled into the new port richey police department. we got her. >> reporter: got her, after she backed into another cruiser. she is cuffed in the parking lot, but free to say whatever she wants. >> police chief is a christian! this is a false arrest! you can't have what's in my purse, my property or

paul mueller joins us now live from the pinellas county sheriff's office. paul, bring us up to speed here. >> reporter: well, jen, the sheriff well known here for keeping his deputies on the right side of the law. but as for this deputy who attempted manslaughter. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: dash cam video capturing the unmistakable sound of gunshots. deputy dylan verde-- >> get inside the car. >> i'm trying to. >> reporter: that's when the deputy shot him. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: dylan is hit in the wrist and stomach. then the call for backup. >> we need fire and rescue. shots fired. copy, we have a mail down with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. >> reporter: how could dylan sitting in the cruiser go for the gun in his drunken state? >> while handcuffed, do this, do this, do this, then get the gun out. didn't happen. assuming the deputy's version, which is impossible, it didn't there's no way. home today? >> nope, we have no comment. >> reporter: nine years at the before that at st. pete police department, where his medal of valor and purple heart stood out,

paul mueller spoke with the family and joins us now, live from bayfront in st. petersburg. paul, i can't even begin to imagine all that this family is going through right now. >> reporter: you know, jen, so much pain, such an emotional interview here today. their only son here at bayfront tonight. doctors say he will be paralyzed for life and no one knows for sure just how long he's going to be here. 20-year-old eli barry in the prime of his young life. kayaking. mountain biking, anything to do with the outdoors. that is until the accident. said your son is never going to walk again. >> reporter: the crash caught on camera, showing a pinellas county sheriff's corporal joe minor pulls out into the middle of mlk. eli with, no time to come to a complete stop, rushed to bayfront. ever since, the family at his bedside. >> i love you, and we'll get through this. and you could see him want to start crying. >> reporter: his mother remembering that fateful morning well. eli called her, saying let's go for a walk. >> i didn't know that could be the last time we might be walking toget

jenna mueller was in the middle of running payroll when most people were at lunch she smelled the smoke from the fire then saw it while she mature workers were clear the company's president i'll deny one one the business part of the surry county landscape for ninety years mueller has been here for more than two decades. it's heartbreaking i can't even begin to tell you the heart tomorrow will bring at least some of the crew should be staying out here through the night to keep an eye on the situation. investigators still are working to determine the cause in surry county brian carroll thirteen years now. the weather authority is continuing to track the cold weather also keeping an eye on the potential for winter weather this weekend geoff lawson joins us now with the look of the temperatures for two years are going to go down a little bit more they've been dropping pretty steadily. you can see nothing on radar that will certainly change by tomorrow late afternoon or evening some of that won't make the ground lot more on that coming up the big news for tonight certainly the temperatures a

. >> kayla mueller held by isis now confirmed dead. >> kayla touched the heart of the world. >> an attack on a packed train foiled by quick thinking american passengers. >> the plane with more than 200 people on board went down in egypt. >> at least a dozen people were killed today during a staff meeting at the "charlie hebdo" offices. >> the greatest refugee crisis since the second world war. >> the people are coming quicker than we can load them. >> anger, frustration. >> and chaos. >> paris under attack. >> the terrorists hit six separate locations. >> at least 129 killed. >> if i live in fear, they won. >> the suspects are now cornered. >> abdel amin abboud is dead. >> the deadliest terror attack on our homeland since 9/11. conference room. >> farook and tashfeen malik had made their plans to attack well in advance. >> there's been a mass shooting in a community college in southern oregon. >> somehow, this has become routine. >> gunfire ripping through this louisiana movie theater. >> a gunman opened fire. >> police exchanging gunfire with a man inside this colorado springs planned pa

. >> kayla mueller held by isis now confirmed dead. >> kayla touched the heart of the world. >> an attack on a train foiled by quick thinking american passengers. >> the plane with more than 200 people on board went down in egypt. >> at least a dozen people were killed today during a staff meeting at the "charlie hebdo" offices. >> the greatest refugee crisis since the second world war. >> anger, frustration. >> and chaos. >> paris under attack. >> the terrorists hit six separate locations. at least 129 killed. >> if i live in fear, they won. >> the suspects are now cornered. >> abdel amin abboud is dead. the deadliest terror attack on our homeland since 9/11. >> several down in the conference room. >> farook and tashfeen malik had made their plans to attack well in advance. >> there's been a mass shooting in a community college in southern oregon. >> somehow, this has become routine. >> gunfire ripping through this louisiana movie theater. >> a gunman opened fire. >> police exchanging gunfire with a man inside this colorado springs planned parenthood. >> horrific tragedy in charleston. >

janda mueller edwards smokehouse employee (32) the future holds right now. from the looks of it, it's not looking good. :52 edwards ham will be closed until further notice. investigators are still working to figure out what caused the fire. a woman is sharing her terrifying ordeal after two men took her hostage in virginia beach. she hopes her story will help police catch the men who are still out there. the crime happened back on december 22nd in a busy parking lot off virginia beach boulevard. only 10 on your side spoke to the victim, who wants to keep her identity secret. 6p vb va beach blvd robbery :11 - :24 "a gentleman cam up to me, he was very polite, said he was in the military and needed directions. and then the next man came up with a knife and said get in the car now." the woman says the men forced her into the covered her head with a jacket. she says they took out her wallet, got her name and address. then the men forced her to take out money at different a-t-ms. at the first two stops, her card didn't work, and the men got agitated, so she tried

paul mueller saw the damage first hand in sarasota c. >>reporter: crews spent much of the night clearing out the debris, filling up dumpster after dumpster. as night falls here at the art plaza on tammany trail in venice, crews continue clean up. pieces of aluminum twipszed in every which way. >> the wind started to pick up and it went boom! . >>reporter: nat metal part of the roof went flying. >> and you're thinking -- what happened? >>reporter: strong winds gusting up to 45 miles an hour, that is what happened inside their yummy doughnuts, 20 people, immediately allen called his wife. karen it is bad. you have to get here now. >> did people know what had just happened. >> once they found out, they got their bagels and doughnuts and left. >> it wasn't just the roof but damage to cars outside. then an hour later in arcadia -- >> stuff was thrown everywhere, the truck had been damaged. >> another storm with winds up to 65 miles an hour, roofs torn off homes, debris throughout the neighborhood. as you can see, the debris has to be taken aw