you snorklers in the water searching for potential evidence in this case, including anything linked to tina herrmann or her son. matthew hoffman is being held on a kidnapping charge. hoffman apparently held that 13-year-old girl in his basement for several days. she is now with family members and we hope to learn more about the progress of this investigation in a news conference. shannon: thank you very much. this is a fox news alert. we hearing fro from charlie ran. he says i m disapintsd by the unfortunate findings of the ethics stubb committee. the committee s actions are unpress dented in view of the fact that they arrived without
shannon: we are awaiting news conference in the case of a missing ohio family as a desperate search is underway for tina herrmann, her on and her friend. reporter: that news conference with the sheriff expected to begin 30 minutes from now in the building behind me. we expect to learn more in the search for that missing family. there appeared to be a video in court for his first bond hearing. he s being held on $1 million bond for the lone kidnapping charge against him. but there could be more charges filed depend opening what police find with regard to that missing family. authorities including divers and civilians as well were combing a nearby park looking for clues. there were not only divers with
i just don t want her out there alone. whatever it is, i don t want her to be alone. reporter: tonight, the 13-year-old who may have the key to finding her brother, mother and friend, is safe staying with relatives while this town holds its breath. i m barbara pinto in mt. vernon, ohio. we ll be right back. ídídídídx
involved in this case. reporter: this began last wednesday. sarah and her brother went to school, came home, then disappeared. the same day their mom didn t show up for work at this dairy queen. the following day her boss called police. they found the family s home littered with beer cans and blood. even the family dog was missing. detectives are interviewing family members, friends, acquaintances. those kinds of things. right now, there s no indications to say that they were abducted, if that s the path you re going down. but they re unaccounted for. reporter: tina herrmann s ex-boyfriend was clearly worried. the way things are going down, as long as they ve been processing the house, something happened inside that house. reporter: friday, more grim news. herrmann s truck was found at nearby kenyon college. investigators locked down the campus and questioned a man in a car parked nearby named matthew hoffman. that encounter may have helped a moring.o cf1 oay have helped p
flight, it could have brought down the plane. we have some grisly new details this morning about the death of zahra baker, that 10-year-old north carolina girl who vanished last month. court documents say the child was dismembered and her stepmother led police to her remains which were scattered in several different locations. elisa baker has been jailed for allegedly writing a fake ransom note. now her lawyers want her bail reduced because she helped investigators. no one has been charged in zahra s death. today she would have turned 11 years old. a sheriff in ohio admits three missing people may be dead. that information came as authorities searched a lake for 32-year-old tina herrmann, her 10-year-old son kody, and family friend stephanie sprang. they have been missing since last wednesday. hermann s daughter, 13-year-old sarah maynard, was found bound and gagged sunday. she was discovered in the basement of suspect matthew hoffman who is being held on a kidnapping charge. we