Traveling to. reporter: state department officials say russian forces could single out americans fighting in ukraine. one official warning that captured americans could be subject to, quote, heightened risk of mistreatment. it is not hard to imagine a situation in which a captured american is tortured, is executed on the battlefield, or is just sent back to moscow to be some type of pawn for political exchange. reporter: at the time she spoke to cnn, willy cancel s mother said the people who notified her of his death said his body had not been found. and the men who were with him were trying to recover the body but it was too dangerous. brian todd, cnn, washington. a nationwide manhatunt is under way after a sheriff s deputy disappeared along with a murder suspect she was reportedly transferring to court. vicky white said that she was