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Turning red hot. authorities digging for the remains of six young girls missing in michigan since the 1970s and 80s. kimberly king and four to six other girls may have been killed by arthur ream who is serving a life sentence for killing a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in the same area ten years ago. rob: and 11-year-old girl makes a dramatic escape out of a moving suv with a carjacking behind the wheel. her father was pumping gas, took off with her inside. this was happening just outside chicago. the dad jumping on top of the accomplice's car to try to get both cars to stop but they k...

These woods ten years ago, but that site not fully searched. kimberly king's sister, connie, has never stopped looking. >> it's the most important thing in my life. until we find her, it will always be the most important thing in my life. >> reporter: david, police reopened this case late last year. they have interviewed arthur ream several times since, and say he failed a polygraph. david? >> eva, thank you. when we come back, the plant explosion, the pictures coming in. and the alarming headline today. the high school student collapsing and dying during gym class. class. moderate to seve...

Developing scene 30 miles from detroit at this hour. the fbi on the scene as they dig for up to six missing girls. abc's eva pilgrim is there. >> reporter: tonight, a cold case turned red hot. investigators digging in the woods of macomb township, michigan, searching for the remains of kimberly king, who vanished in 1979. the 12-year-old last seen in her best friend's backyard. >> kim actually, like, hopped the back fence and didn't go home, and then i just went in my house. >> reporter: nearly 40 years later, police are confident they're close to finding king and possibly up to five other gir...

>> it was turning into a frustrating day. four holes came up empty. she could be anywhere. still, the searchers pushed on as the july day became a scorcher. they were doing it for the girl's father and for mac. >> you had promised the father. you said ed, i'm going to get you your girl's body back. >> and that's something that i should have never done, but i did. that's one thing a law enforcement person shouldn't do is promise somebody that they're going to get their deceased daughter back. they were genuine people who missed their daughter. if it was me, i would want someone working the case...

>> well, from the time i got this case, i had a daughter that was 13. the same aged daughter that cindy was when she disappeared. >> now it was up to prosecutor smith. >> it was a lot of heated discussions about this. >> and you've got this delicate situation of trying to broker the people's interests versus the family's passionate desire. >> and you can't say no. they've lived this for more than 20 years. so with myself and the father and the family came to sort of a middle ground, and i agreed to reduce it from first-degree murder to second-degree murder. >> smith was also willing to downsiz...