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>> reporter: but hundreds of people, many who'd never once met paige, searched on horseback, on atvs, on foot. they peered under bushes, they walked miles of desert brush in hundred-degree heat, and nothing. truth be told. paige could have been anywhere. but then, four days after paige's disappearance, a driver stopped along a lonely stretch of highway 50. and as he stepped out of his truck, a piece of litter caught his eye, a blank check trapped in the roadside weeds. the name on it? paige dixon, paige's married name. so then the flock of searchers descended on that road. >> making my way bac...

Like just a few words here and there, but i don't want to -- i don't want to be on talking about things. >> reporter: but hundreds of people, many who'd never once met paige, searched on horseback, on atvs on foot. they peered under bushes, they walked miles of desert brush in hundred-degree heat and nothing. truth be told. paige could have been anywhere. and then, four days after paige's disappearance, a driver stopped along a lonely stretch of highway 50. and as he stepped out of his truck, a piece of litter caught his eye, a blank check trapped in the roadside weeds. the name on it? paige d...

Somebody out there knows where she is, and you know we're looking for clues to find that person, but there's somebody maybe who's watching this who knows where she is. >> reporter: but this seemed odd, not helping to find paige was her ex-husband and current boyfriend ron beigler. >> do you feel like you wish you could go there and help search for her? >> a part of me does, definitely. >> what's keeping you away from there? >> i don't know if i can handle being -- being right in the situation. >> reporter: then knowing we were preparing a report about the case, beigler made a strange request. ...

>> shannon: two dozen wild fires raging across the southwest in arizona, fourth of july fireworks display sparked a wild fire at a popular resort and casino because of a dry desert brush there. in northern nevada, two wild fires sparked monday are still growing fueled by dry grass in areas that are very difficult to reach by ground. all right. good morning, will. just how bad are the conditions across the southwest right now? >> reporter: good morning, shannon. they're perfect for wild fires. hot temperatures, strong winds and low humidity. add it all up and there are fires burning in every we...

May find some of what you're about to see as disturbing. ed lavandera was the only reporter to go on this hunt. he joins us now live. good morning. >> reporter: hi carol. here poaching of black rhinos has spiked. 24 killed by poachers last year and this year the number is up to 60. the government doesn't have a lot of money to fight these poachers and cory knowlton that's why he bid $450,000 and the government says that will go to fighting poachers and that's why he hopes it will make a difference for the future of this species. three days of hunting a black rhino through the unforgiving deser...