she claims to know perdomo. she told a local tv station perdomo was staying with her the night he went out and never returned. so many unanswered questions. >> tanya, thank you. >>> let's get back over to ginger for a look at the national forecast. >> good morning to both of you. we say good-bye to the big storm that rocked the eastern third of the nation yesterday with haul that severe weather, a new storm to say hello to. in the pacific northwest, up to 30 inches of snow will fall with this. not quite as windy for denver as it heads east. let's move to the next part of our story. washington, d.c. today cooler, 40. 41 for columbia, south carolina. as far as the oscar forecast, promised you this. daytime high, 64. later in the night you go, the more rain you get. i'll have more coming up. >> you have got to see the facebook photos this week. the first one makes me hungry. it reminds me of a cake that rolls over. >> i like the way you think. >> michael, thank you, from minnesota. and the twitter name is down ther

father, gary perdomo.in reading this, brooke, i believe they think that they have the person that committed this murder, and indeed, they believe that jerry perdomo is dead, perhaps the result of a drug-related homicide. very, very sad story. >> it is sad. we'll follow it and see if and when they do recover a body. sunny hostin on the case. sunny, thank you. >>> more developing news this minute out of syria. women, children, families, they say the government is targeting their neighborhoods, and the regime is about to launch a ground invasion very, very soon. we get a live report on syria next. while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve da

who was perdomo visiting her in maine?ard anonymously saying he was visiting her. and what did nowak, the woman considered a person of interest, mean by this facebook post last thursday? "i'm sorry for your loss. i'm sorry your friend is missing. but i can do nothing further." you see, the missing sign right on the tree behind me. perdomo's wife says her husband made the 1600-mile drive all the way here to help out a friend. she says shortly after he arrived she lost contact with him. linsey davis, abc news, jackson, maine. >> talk about a lot of questions. who's the friend, these messages that are coming out. it's baffling. >> the couple's involvement is kind of weird. interesting too, a reporter from our abc station in orlando asked authorities if perdomo was a drug runner. they would not provide any details. they really wouldn't answer that question. perhaps speculation but perhaps also a clue. we just don't know. scary. >>> all right. well, primary voters head to the polls today? arizona and michigan. a big tuesday in

he and his girlfriend cheyenne nowak may have been the last to see perdomo.ded removing a carpet and various other items. porter and nowak reportedly left town after perdomo disappeared, bought a used car and abandoned the one they had been driving. police questioned the couple but impounded their cars but have not called them suspects. >> it's concerning, but at this point, we're going to find him. >> reporter: over the weekend, firefighters from perdomo's florida firehouse travelled to maine to help in the search. they don't believe he left on his own. >> he always talks and brags about his family, his kids and his wife. he's got that glimmer in his eye when he talks about them. so for something like this it's totally uncharacteristic of him. >> reporter: perdomo's family spent the entire weekend searching less than a mile where the car was found. near an old city landfill. >> never in a million years would i think i'd be searching for my missing brother. how can you sleep? >> reporter: every day questions. who was perdomo visiting in maine? one woman has f

some clues that don't add up and there's still no sign of jerry perdomo.eloved by his firefighter buddies, in addition to the two who are currently in maine dozens more are prepared to fly up from florida if they get the green light from investigators. they just want to bring him to his two kids. these two florida firefighters arrived in maine willing to do whatever it takes to find their missing friend and colleague. >> we'll go out there and pound the pavement. the fire department has offered to go out and do whatever we need to make sure this is a productive effort. >> reporter: the husband and father of two, jerry, vanished here ten days ago after driving the 1600 miles from florida to visit a friend. leaving police and loved ones baffled. >> he's a family man. he always talks and brags about his wife and his kids. for something like this, where he comes up here and not to be heard of is totally uncharacteristic of him. >> reporter: the firefighters are canvassing the words looking for him. for them, what they don't know is agonizing. >> my dad cried r

we're talking about jerry perdomo.ing his wife he was going to help a friend. police found his car in this parking lot in bangor. they have also searched the home of a relative, this man. they questioned porter's girlfriend, and police believe they were the last to have contact with perdomo and are now considered persons of interest in the case. just within the last half hour or so, perdomo's wife spoke to reporters. >> it's been really difficult, but i miss him and i just want him to come home. and our kids miss him. my daughter keeps asking about him. she stayed at a friend's last night and she called me so we could pray together to bring him back, and i just miss him. >> she mentioned they have children. the perdomos have a 10-year-old girl and three-year-old boy, and next hour we'll speak to the stepfather of the missing firefighter. >>> did you stay up and watch the glitz, the glamour, the good, bad and the ugly? yes, we're digging through oscar fashions with my friend. tlc say yes to the dress monty durham, and h

investigators in maine say they've found a body in the area where they were searching for jerry perdomoling this case a drug-related murder. steve harrigan has more live from miami. steve. >> reporter: jon, at this moment medical examiners are trying to determine if that body, discovered in the main woods is that of the 31-year-old florida firefighter, jerry perdomo. he was reported missing several days ago. police are calling this a homicide. it is related to drugs. the chief suspect is a 24-year-old maine man, daniel porter. he was arrested earlier today and charged with murder. the two men have a violent history between them, several death threats exchanged. there were bits of blood and jerry perdomo's skull found inside the house where the suspect was arrested. his disappearance reported several days ago drew several firefighters both from florida and maine to help in the search for him when the suspect was arrested some of those florida firefighters were present. >> i'd be relieved if they found somebody. i'll be a little morey hraoefd when we actually know that we have him. >> rep

but the loved ones of perdomo are hoping for the best.hey searched the woods, and now we'll talk to carlos. carlos, why maine? did he explain why he went to maine? >> we don't know why he was there. we know he had friends in different areas. he did communicate with different friends in different areas, but we have no idea about this certain place that he went. >> so he had never mentioned going to bangor before, he's never mentioned friends in bangor? >> we know that he had some friends, especially tanya, the wife, which is with him, so she would know more about the situation than we have, but we didn't know very much about the friends that he had there. we know he has different friends in different areas. >> i see. he has two young children, 10 and 3 years of age. is he the kind of guy to up and leave his family? did anything happen to cause him to leave? >> no. jerry, i would say, is the perfect father. he is 100% for his children, and we don't believe that he intentionally would do anything to abandon his family in any way. >> did you

police searched the house over the weekend, but they have not found perdomo's body.ed today. >>> in other news this morning investors are celebrating a major milestone on wall street. the dow rose more than 23 points yesterday to close above 13,000 for the first time since may 2008. almost four years ago. the gains were spurred by a 12-month high in consumer confidence. good news for everybody there. also, stocks overseas are following wall street's lead into higher territory. japan's nikkei was up .9% in early trading and hong kong's stock market was up as well. >>> a tiny town in northeast kansas is in shambles this morning after getting pounded by a powerful storm. a reported tornado ripped through the city of harveyville last night. at least eight people were injured at an apartment complex. the winds also flattened a church, damaged homes, and toppled trees. >>> a winter storm pounding the northern plains and upper midwest is moving east. blizzard warnings are posted from the dakotas to western minnesota with another 6 to 12 inches of snow on the way. the same t

main questions, the biggest one is where is the body of this 31-year-old florida firefighter, jerry perdomoite dna boulevard evidence found in the house where the suspect was arrested, still no sign of the body despite searches with snowmobiles, game wardens and maps. we should find out more when he is arraigned at 1:00pm in maine. bill: how do we know about this suspect, is he the type of person to be involved in a drug deal? >> it's a 31-year-old florida firefighter and an emt, and a former marine and an iraq veteran. he served in combat in iraq he was discharged after four years with post-traumatic stress disorder. he was on pain pills for injuries suffered in iraq including a bad back and neck. his disappearance he obviously has a lot of loyal colleagues on the fire force in central florida. several of them went to maine to help look for him and they were there when the suspect was arrested. >> i believe that they found somebody. i'll probably be a little bit more revealed when we actually know we have him. >> reporter: his wife says he survived everything in iraq, she is still hoping,

he's charged with murdering jerry perdomo.rities say the killing was drug related but they're not sure how the two knew each other. the firefighters' bodies still not found. he went missing on february 16th while in maine visiting a frenld. -- friend. he was a firefighter for seminole county, florida. >> gitmo terror suspects getting their kicks at our expense. detainees at gitmo are getting a brand new $750,000 soccer field with ocean views paid for by american taxpayers. how could they do that with ankle bracelets on? >> and they got stands and they got lights. what the -- >> even has lights so prisoners can play in the middle of the night. the new field is in addition to an indoor field, a walking track, an exercise that prisoners already have access to. no one at gitmo's camp six could tell us who signed off on the new field. why do they even want to get out? >> it doesn't look like it costs $750,000 first of all. i'd like to know where that money went. >> i'll tell you what, i bet they end up rolling turf on top of that.

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