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ANNOUNCING A NEW FAMILY
PARENTS.
THE HUNT FOR A SUSPECTED
KILLER AND A MISSING TEEN.
IS GROWING MORE DESPERATE.
LAST SUNDAY, AUTHORITIES
FOUND JAMES DIMAGGIO'S SAN
DIEGO COUNTY HOME IN FLAMES
-- WITH TWO BODIES INSIDE.
DIMAGGIO HAS BEEN MISSING
EVER SINCE, ALONG WITH 16-
YEAR-OLD HANNAH ANDERSON.
PAUL VERCAMMEN REPORTS.
>> REPORTER: FROM THIS HOUSE
FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT IN A SMALL
TOWN NEAR THE MEXICAN
BORDER. A STORY OF ALLEGED
BETRAYAL OF STAGGERING
DIMENSIONS BEGAN SMOLDERING.
THE BURNING HOME'S OWNER
JAMES DIMAGGIO AND BRETT
ANDERSON HAD BEEN FRIENDS
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND A
HALF. THE ANDERSON CHILDREN.
16 YEAR OLD HANNAH AND 8
YEAR OLD ETHAN CONSIDERED
DIMAGGIO AN UNCLE. AND
VISITED HERE OFTEN.
BUT IN THE CHARRED RUINS.
THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER
CHRISTINA ANDERSON WAS FOUND
DEAD. DIMAGGIO IS NOW A
*** SUSPECT.
THE REMAINS OF A CHILD THE
SIZE OF AN EIGHT YEAR OLD.
ALSO FOUND HERE
AND MISSING. THE TRUSTED
FAMILY FRIEND DIMAGGIO. AND
HANNAH, DESCRIBED AS A FUN-
LOVING TEENAGER.
AUTHORITIES ISSUED AN AMBER
ALERT FOR THE CHILDREN.
IT EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO
NEARBY STATES AND INTO
MEXICO.
>> "JIM, I CAN'T FATHOM
WHAT YOU WERE THINKING. THE
DAMAGE IS DONE, I'M BEGGING
YOU TO LET MY DAUGHTER GO."
>> REPORTER: BRETT ANDERSON.
WHO WAS IN TENNESSEE
RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA
AND ATTENDED A VIGIL FOR HIS
NOW SHATTERED FAMILY.
>> "I AM SO SORRY BABY GIRL.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE. AND
YOU ARE ALONE. JUST RUN
PLEASE"
>> REPORTER: AND BRETT
ANDERSON BEGAN TALKING ABOUT
HIS SON. AS IF HE WAS NOT
COMING BACK.
>> "ETHAN WORE HIS HEART ON
HIS SLEEVE, HE WOULD DO
ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY. HE
LOVED EVERY BUDDY. HE WAS
JUST MY BUDDY."
>> REPORTER: LATE IN THE
WEEK HANNAH'S GRANDMOTHER,
CHRISTINA'S MOM, MADE A PLEA
TO DIMAGGIO.
>> "YOU HAVE TAKEN OUR
HEART AND SOUL. TAKEN MY
ONLY CHILD. PLEASE LET
HANNAH GO."
>> REPORTER: DETECTIVES ARE
LOOKING INTO COMMENTS FROM
HANNAH'S FRIENDS THAT
DIMAGGIO. WHO IS 40. MAY
HAVE HAD A CRUSH ON HER.
THURSDAY ANOTHER TWIST. A
WARNING THAT THE FUGITIVE
MIGHT BE ARMED WITH HOME
MADE BOMBS. HIS CAR POSSIBLY
*** TRAPPED.
>> "WE BELIEVE HE MAY BE IN
POSSESSION OF KIND OF
IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVES."
ENGRAMAUTHORITIES SAY, THE
SEARCH FOR DIMAGGIO HAS
MOVED INTO THE IDAHO
WILDERNESS.
ACCORDING TO POLICE,
HORSEBACK RIDERS SAW A MAN
AND A WOMAN FITTING HIS
DESCRIPTION AS WELL AS 16-
YEAR-OLD HANNAH ANDERSON.
A CAR BELONGING TO DIMAGGIO
WAS DISCOVERED HIDDEN UNDER
BRUSH, WITH ITS LICENSE