Joseph Mills, a coach and role model to the victim's youngest son, was sentenced to life in prison without parole 41 years after the rape and murder of Linda Slaten in her Lakeland home.
from illinois, where whiteout conditions made roads treacherous, to indiana, where this morning at least 70 drivers were stranded. in wisconsin, they were digging out from under 22 inches of snow. at airports around the region, they re trying to get back on track after a weekend of canceled flights. my flight from chicago to cleveland has gotten canceled. it s rebooked for tuesday afternoon. reporter: in florida the governor declared a state of emergency. the cold is threatening everything from citrus crops to green beans. the system is now pushing northeast into canada. but bitter cold will linger. it s also a deadly storm. in at least four states, people have been killed in traffic accidents. and there is new danger. from double-digit, below-zero windchills in places like minnesota. dr. joseph clinton is seeing more frostbite and hypothermia patients showing up in his minneapolis e.r. at 30 degrees windchill, skin can freeze in minutes.
in minneapolis, they re still reeling from the metrodome which collapsed in spectacular fashion yesterday under the weight of 4 million pounds of snow. across the country, at least 14 deaths already blamed on the brutal conditions. and take a look at the map. more than half of the country has been hammered. the upper midwest bearing the brunt. as much as 2 feet of snow up north. temperatures dropping into single digits. windchill making it worse. so clayton sandell leads us off tonight. he is right there in indianapolis, under that sagging metrodome. clayton, good evening. reporter: good evening, diane. it is sagging quite a bit. you can see, right there, where the roof finally gave way under the weight of all that snow. and, you know, normally, they keep it about 68 degrees in here for a football game but tonight, as you can see, tonight the actual temperature inside, 3 degrees. it s all thanks to that monster storm which may be done with minnesota but is still wreaking