looking for missing posters. we had flyers and tape and everything. put make up on. that was the last thing. yeah. didn t have christmas. yeah. that is where i am going to be. pretty soon the whole town seemed to be looking for laci peterson. please if there s anyone out there help bring her home. the police were searching too. full out how long did the search go on? all night and then all the next day. al brocchini, the first detective on the case watched as searchers scoured the area. they were everywhere here, right. yeah. they did a grid search meaning they would have been in eye contact and walked the whole area. his partner at the time had a feeling from the start. laci peterson missing was not
states history, and sadly, officials expect that number to continue to rise. so far, the fire and a second fire in have burned down many of the towns historic landmarks. right now, search and rescue efforts continue, as an estimate of more than 1000 people remain missing. then our griffin is there for us live in maui, dana, what is the latest on search and rescue efforts over there? katie, good morning. it is about to a emerald elm here in, maui right now people are rescue crews are probably sleeping, getting ready for the first light to go back out. they brought in cadaver dogs and search and rescue teams from arizona, nevada, they are doing a grid search, they are going feet by feet to make sure they are not missing anyone who may be unaccounted for. we have heard several reports of people being found dead in the street, in the water, in
missing. nbc s tom llamas has the latest. reporter: tonight, the return to lahaina, residents allowed back in and we saw from the skies above the shock that awaits them. even at 400 feet in had air, you can smell the smoke days later and you look down and you can t make out what you re seeing. it looks to be a town that once existed but nearly every building, every house, every car scorched completely off the map. block by block, we see a grid of misery. once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, a tourist mecca, and now a wasteland of ash and rubble. down there, there s the grid search for bodies happening right now. those that could not escape and the residents of lahaina believe the death toll is going to be much higher. and officials have warned that they expect to find even more bodies once they start searching building to building, house to house. we rode in with maverick helicopters usually giving tours. today saving lives. it s been heartbreaking,
animals, for example. so they were using all the resources that they had. but it s very difficult to search a heavily wooded area. they do a grid search and take their time. he could set booby traps. he could ambush the officers. so you have a lot of considerations to take into account when you are trying to find an individual in an area like that. it is one of the most difficult searches there is in an area like that. and i would imagine more difficult by the fact that they said this person had survivalist experience. commissioner charles ramsey, wonderful to have you this morning. thank you. police in alabama say that a woman who disappeared after calling 911 to report a toddler walking along the interstate has been found alive. investigators say 25-year-old carly russell returned to her home overnight. she is now in a hospital. her car and her phone were found the day she disappeared but there was no sign of her, no sign of the child. right now it s unclear where