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Im at the river bottom, and theres some pools of blood. and im guessing its just an animal, but in the water right by the river theres a shoe. >> reporter: sergeant chad carpenter was one of the first on the scene. >> we called the forensics out and it was able to tell us it was human blood. >> human blood. changes things. >> we had a human body in the water so we called the helicopter. the helicopter was in the air for just under an sergeant, when the divers pulled the victim out, what were the...

The greeters, going, have you seen this girl? >> reporter: are you collected? or are you a wreck while all this is going on? >> i am frantic. >> reporter: veronica went back home. she and james watched the front door. and they kept calling annie, but her phone went straight to voicemail. in the best of worlds, shes out with some young boyfriend you may or may not know, off on a lark of some kind. but itll come to an end. and youll get her back and regroup. >> yeah, our worst-case scenario at tha...

>> reporter: veronica went back home. she and james watched the front door. and they kept calling annie, but her phone went straight to voicemail. in the best of worlds, shes out with some young boyfriend you may or may not know, off on a lark of some kind. but itll come to an end. and youll get her back and regroup. >> yeah, our worst-case scenario at that point is, okay, shes going to come home pregnant. >> reporter: worst case scenario? not even close. >> he had told us that l.j. had driven b...

>> he had told us that l.j. had driven by the house threatening chris. >> and a jogger makes a grim discovery. >> 911. what is the address of the emergency? >> im at the river bottom. theres a pool of blood. wasatch. -morning. -morning. -what do we got? -keep an eye on that branch. might get windy. have a good shift. fire pit. last use -- 0600. id stay close. morning. ♪ get ready to switch. protected by flo. should say, "protected by alan and jamie." -right? -should it? when you bundle home an...

Spring was still officially days away, but in draper, utah, its promise was clear. morning dew on the brush. the crisp air. the sun rising over the wasatch mountains. it should have been a beautiful day. but for a jogger on the jordan river parkway that morning, it was anything but. >> 911, what is the address of the emergency? >> you know, im not real sure. im at the river bottom, and theres some pools of blood. and im guessing its just an animal, but in the water right by the river theres a sh...

Or are you a wreck while all this is going on? >> i am frantic. >> reporter: veronica went back home. she and james watched the front door. and they kept calling annie, but her phone went straight to voicemail. in the best of worlds, shes out with some young boyfriend you may or may not know, off on a lark of some kind. but itll come to an end. and youll get her back and regroup. >> yeah, our worst-case scenario at that point is, okay, shes going to come home pregnant. >> reporter: worst case sc...

>> you know, im not real sure. im at the river bottom, and theres some pools of blood. and im guessing its just an animal, but in the water right by the river theres a shoe. >> reporter: sergeant chad carpenter was one of the first on the scene. this is what the jogger sees, blood here. pooling blood? clotted blood? >> yeah, so basically in this area right here, you had the blood droplets. and then on the cement right here you had mud in this area. on that beam right there. in this area you had ...

Again, theyre hauling water to keep the water systems operating. >> and those are the options now. what about long term issues that may come down the road for residents there very quickly? >> yeah. were still trying to learn what the long-term effects of this -- the ph levels are okay right now. >> okay. >> the issue is the metals. the iron, zinc that would settle on the river bottom and continually come up. >> certainly. >> that testing will need to be done long term. >> all right. kelly pehrso...

Had the river keeper spotted duke energy pumping water out of the bizarrely blue ponds with the toxic coal ash in them and into the canal. the canal that feeds into the river which incidentally supplies drinking water downstream. they spotted duke pumping water out of this pond and also out of the next coal ash pond over. the next pond over. they took these pictures monday. a week ago today. duke energy moving water directly from the coal ash ponds into the canal and into the woods. after they p...

Energy pumping water out of the bizarrely blue ponds with the toxic coal ash in them and into the canal. the canal that feeds into the river which incidentally supplies drinking water downstream. they spotted duke pumping water out of this pond and also out of the next coal ash pond over. the next pond over. they took these pictures monday. a week ago today. duke energy moving water directly from the coal ash ponds into the canal and into the woods. after they posted those pictu pictures, the st...