it establishes michelle le as dead. they get over that hurdle but it may be there is forensic indications of how she died. they will spend time in a autopsy trying to establish cause of death. it is difficult because the body has been gone for many months but it is important and also something the defense will want to analyze to see if cause of death can be established or lack of a cause of death. >> stay with kron 4 news and www.kron.com as we follow the latest in the murder case of michelle le. we will have the late eston the morning news -- latest on the morning news. >>> parents and stichers and students -- teachers and students gathered to talk ways to prevent kids from bringing weapons on to campus. installing metal detecters and increasing police presence. students were found with three guns and a knife this month. students said that they brought a good on to the school campus two or more times. >>> new tonight, in oakland one of the people suspected of killing this man pleaded not guilty today. 3 teens attacked

>>> break in the search for a missing student, michelle le, the relationship between michelle le and the person who police believe killed her. >>> another protest planned for tomorrow, this one different than past demonstrations, what you need to know to get around. >>> and the president is set to talk about the new jobs plan, why some people are saying it won't work. >>> live, this is kron 4 news at 11:00. >>> a missing woman's former friend is in custody suspected in her murder. police are accusing giselle esteban of murder. today's arrest comes three months after michelle le disappeared. investigators made the arrest after collecting evidence at giselle esteban's home. kron 4's dan kerman has more. >> reporter: this is giselle esteban. and now she is charged with murdering michelle le. who disappeared may 27 while walking to her car at kaiser medical center. >> we believe an assault occurred there in the parking garage. what condition michelle was in when she left isn't known. >> police say the evidence against giselle esteban is substantial. camera footage shows she was in the st

found over the weekend are michelle le. they were discovered during a search for the missing nursing student. kron 4's da lin joins us with the latest. >> reporter: police released that information 2 hours ago at 9:00. saying the body is michelle le's. and they say the body is badly decomposed. the next challenge is to find out how she was killed. you have to remember the police believe the body has been out there since may. 4th months. -- four months. it was important for michelle le's family and police. the family needed to know what happened to michelle le and police needed a body to build a case against a murder. giselle esteban. police knew the body was the big break. they spent 24 hours where the body was located, looking and

the woman accused of murdering michelle le appeared in court. giselle esteban did not enter a plea today. that was postponed till she is assigned an attorney. giselle esteban said michelle le ruined her relationship with a boyfriend. attending the hearing is volunteers who have been searching for michelle le. >> people put hours behind the scenes doing this type of thing and the people involved on that, very emotional to discover somebody deceased. >> reporter: they are trying to identify the remains to see if they are michelle le. >> the forensic analysis is going to be critical. is there thereevidence of a head trauma, trauma to the ribs, something that explains the death. that will be critical for the prosecution to establish. the fact that they found the body so far after the fact will create problems. >> reporter: a dentist has been brought in and expected to arrive anytime now to see if the teeth match the dental records of michelle le. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we go back to the paramount theater. brad pitt with paul chambers. >>

it ends a four month search for michelle le. she disappeared while taking a nursing class and left during a break and did not return. cell phone records show her cell phone had been in the niles canyon area the day she vanished and that's where they were doing a search finding clues to her whereabouts and on saturday, one of those searchers found her remains near pleasantton. now the volunteer who found the remains is the mother of a murder murdered teenager. she was abducted and killed by a registered sex offender in 2009. this week she was in the paper to help with the search for michelle le and she was the first to discover those remains. they were positively confirmed and confirmed by the alameda county coroner. her family released a statement yesterday evening asking for privacy during this difficult time and they are in the works of planning some sort of public vigil for michelle le. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a shooting in the mission district led to a police chase and then a car crash. a man was shot outside t

last night we learned that it was michelle le. we spoke with a legal analyst who says the development means giselle esteban's defense needs an immediate kick-start. he adds her pregnancy will play another huge role in the trial. >> giselle esteban's medical condition will be relevant to whether she could have committed this crime by herself but, two, whether she will be available to come to court. >> reporter: giselle esteban met her court appointed attorney yesterday and that attorney is still determining whether she will be able to represent the woman. the le family issued statement saying: they are now turning their attention to preparing a memorial for michelle. meantime giselle esteban is due back in court next wednesday when she may enter a plea. >> we weren't expecting any answer or identification for a week. do we have any idea why it came so quickly? >> absolutely. as i mentioned before, you know, they said a source told cbs 5 anyway that it was dental record that helped with this quick identification. we were told by the

le former friend gisselle esteban was in charge with michelle le murder continues. as the bond we see here was taken into custody back on december 7th it was then that the hayward police announced the evidence that they had on her. it includes finding michelle the blood on her shoes. also that michelle le was in her vehicle that was parked here in a parking garage in hayward and also recovering video from surveillance camera showing gisselle esteban in the garage before and after michelle le disappearance on may 27th as well as gisselle esteban and michelle le cellphone being tracked to the location where michelle lees there also remains were found four months after her disappearance. >> the family of michelle le did not make a comment to the news crews today about the investigation as they did however release a statement of these new developments. the state missis thank you for your support, prayers and thoughts. our family has greatly appreciated and will be at a loss without the help of so many people and volunteers. the statement goes on to say please continue t

gizelle esteban was arrested for the disappearance of michelle le. she has long been a person of interest in this case. terry mcsweeney is live at the hayward police department with the very latest. >> reporter: esteban was actually arrested the day after michelle le disappeared back in may. they talked to her, released her and now re-arrested and they feel they have a mountain of circumstantial evidence to convict esteban. take a look at the suspect, 27-year-old gizelle esteban, you see a picture and unrelated court appearance, under arrest for michelle le that disappeared from kaiser hospital parking garage. her body has still not been found. police are hoping they can get a conviction. they revealed the evidence, surveillance video from the garage showing her before and after and tennis shoes found with dna evidence and cellphone evidence. >> cellphone records shows that michelle's phone and esteban's phone traveled on a similar path to other locations within alameda county immediately after michelle's disappearance. >> tomorrow is my 24th birthda

she is a former friend of michelle le that had been a person of interest. police say they have substantial evidence against her even though they deny michelis by the they say the issues in the parking structure both before and after michelle le disappeared. they say they she was in her car, they say that michelle the blood was unhurt, and that michelle these dna was on as the bond shoes. >> continuing our coverage outside of the condominium complex where the hayward police took gisselle esteban into custody early wednesday morning after the police executed an arrest warrant for murder of michelle le. the hayward police ran on scene collecting multiple bag of evidence for the case. neighbors say that as lot of the low-key lifestyle so and so that none of them knew that to bank connected to the michelle le homicide investigation live here. >> and as a big story, it is day 12 of an intense manhunt special law enforcement teams and branch out and search for this man wanted for a double homicide. authorities believe that he shot the man as he was searching for i

you know, giselle esteban and michelle le used to be friends. now the 27-year-old esteban is behind bars accused of murdering le. she has refused to talk to investigators so far. yesterday hayward police released a list of top circumstantial evidence that led to the arrest of esteban including hospital security camera footage that puts esteban at the scene before and after michelle disappeared, cell phone tracking that shows the victim and suspect phones traveled the same paths, and dna found on the bottom of esteban's shoe was matched to michelle. it was around 10 a.m. yesterday that hayward police arrested esteban at her union city home. they also searched the house and took away bags of evidence. cbs 5 spoke to corazon marisigan the mother of scott marisigan and he is the ex- boyfriend of murder suspect giselle esteban with whom he has a five-year-old daughter. three days before michelle le went missing scott took out a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend after she threatened to shoot herself. >> like the time he got stalked in san fr

>> janelle, michelle le has not been found yet. but hayward police say they have solved half of the mystery. they've arrested le's killer. 27-year-old giselle esteban, le's former high school classmate and a woman who has gone on record saying she blamed le for ruining her relationship with her boyfriend is behind bars facing murder charges. police arrested esteban at her union city home this morning. they also searched the home another time and removed several bags of items. police call the evidence they've uncovered compelling. from bloodstains found in michelle le's car to surveillance video from the kaiser hospital parking garage where le was last seen. they also found her dna on one of esteban's shoes. l's family is grateful for the arrest, but they will not rest until they find the nursing student. they say they haven't given up hope. they are planning another search that will take place the weekend after next. that will be a three-day search. in hayward, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you. let's turn our d

she is accused in the murder of 26-year-old missing nursing student michelle le. yesterday hayward police released the list of top circumstantial evidence that led to esteban's he rest including hospital security cameras footage that puts her at the scene before and after she disappeared, cell phone tracking showing their phones traveled the same paths and dna found on the bottom of esteban's shoe was matched to michelle. yesterday morning police arrested esteban as she left her union city home. they also took away bags of evidence after searching the house. cbs 5 spoke to the mother of a man named scott who is esteban's ex-boyfriend. the two have a 5-year-old daughter together. just three days before michelle went missing, scott took out a restraining order against his ex, esteban, after she threatened to shoot herself. >> like the time that he got stalked in san francisco? >> mm-hm. >> so we didn't know what -- you know, kind of like we don't know what's going to happen next with her temper. >> reporter: now a quick run- through of the case. michelle le disappea

this weekend she was in the bay area to help with the search for michelle le. she was leading a search group and she was the first to discover those remains. now again those remains were positively confirmed as belonging to missing nursing student michelle le. her family asked for privacy during this difficult time and her family also said they would let us know about plans for a public vigil for michelle le. live in oakland, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well the woman accused of killing michelle le will be back in court next week. 27-year-old giselle esteban was in court yesterday but did not enter a plea. it was postponed until she is officially assigned an attorney. now the lawyer representing giselle esteban's proceedings would only say the seven month pregnant defendant is quote, coping. >>> antioch police are investigating the mysterious death of a pedestrian. investigators say a man in his 60s was killed while walking on to lone tree way 9:30 last night. they are still interviewing witnesses to see what led up to the tragedy but the woman walked

it belonged to missing nursing student michelle le. they also changed support offers and volunteers for all of their help. the family says they are working on organizing some sort of of public vent to honor her -- public vigil to honor. >>> it throat a police chief and then a car crash. a man was shot outside the housing project. the victim then jumped into a car and drove away from the scene. police chased him until he crashed into another car at 20th and folsom street. he was taken to the hospital and his condition is not known. >>> more questions for the failed giant and alex will explain how the state helped them. >> reporter: they gave them a major tax break as part of a subsidy law signed by former governor arnold schwarzenegger and this morning that is why the former governor is facing criticism. >> those workers will produce solar panels that will allow us toee void 200 million tons of greenhouse gases. >> that was arnold schwarzenegger at the groundbreaking for the company. >> reporter: the funding authority gave them a $3.5 m

there is a still an effort to find michelle le. her family is planning the eighth search for her this saturday. relatives say they are dedicated to bringing her home and won't rest until she is found. even though police haven't found le's body, they say they decided to charge esteban with murder based with dna evidence, surveillance video and also cellphone records. >>> by next month, when you board a muni bus or light rail your driver may be a part timer. they are training 32 part time operators right now and next month the graduates will hit the road. they have the ability to use them in a measure passed by voters. it will help reduce costs. they are likely to be used on rush hour and on weekends. >> a handful of districts may have to wait ool year to join the clipper card program because they don't have enough card readers. they report the transit agencies representing 95% of bay area have converted the clipper card system that is fast track to for all mass transit. but they have postponed the remaining transit districts in seve

just a -- last week they made an arrest, a friend of michele le's. investigators say they had focused in on her very quickly three months ago after michele le disappeared but we're waiting for all the evidence to come in and last week went ahead and made the arrest. no indication or no word yet if esteban gave investigators or family members any information that led them to this spot but the timing is such that an arrest was made last week and possibly remains found this week. >> garvin thomas reporting for us live near sinole. thank you very much for the update. >>> we also have an update now on that deadly plane crash at the air show in reno. nine people are now confirmed dead and 17 others remain hospitalized but there are more questions in the investigation into the crash of that world war ii era fighter plane. the national transportation safety board is now investigating why the plane crashed right near the grand stands. nbc bay area's reporter is at the reno airport with more on that. >> reporter: diane, good evening. safety officials tonight a

they said the body is up michelle le. a baby is born on an international san francisco bound flight will in mid flight. a column a and 1747 in mid flight plan to call for early morning in 14 hours into the flight, the baby decide it was time to enter the world grittier not. it was a long flight and she gave her son on name. most of the names are family names, >> it is about san francisco because it gave birth here. >> she says she was there when she went into labor on the plane the crew and some passengers with experience helped out. and they gave me up placed to deliver the baby. blanket, the pills, everything and then, the health allowed to cure me. >> don't plan that she and her new son brought here to the hospital and running game is where they will stay for the next days when everyone is up for the would travel to boston to be with her family gospel says both mom and baby are doing fine. >> and alan the special needs taler her custom design walker stolen from an from her home in late august. you may remember the stor

it will be a big day in the case of missing nursing student michelle le. her accused killer is due in court and police now have a body to examine. >> good morning. a live look at downtown san francisco. notice the lack of clouds. there will be some haze in the air because it's a spare the air day. it show you where the air quality comes from. it's the heat. in the 90s many areas today and tomorrow. >> good morning. sue hall in the traffic center following the monday morning commute. live shot of the east shore freeway, 80 heading to the maze. we have a major situation developing in sunnyvale with an accident. more on that in a few minutes. >> 4:31 on monday morning. thank you for waking um and joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. the man san jose police call public enemy number one is in custody and faces new felony charges that will likely include kidnapping and murder. castillo is a parolee that went on a violent crime spree beginning friday morning. they thought he was surrounded on north king road but after an all-night search they discover

now that woman is accused of michelle le's murder. patty hayward has more on the small hope that the family is holding onto. >> reporter: well, michelle's family spoke out here at the police department late this afternoon. they were insisting that the arrest today didn't bring closure, and that they would continue to organize searches to find michelle's body. >> we feel bad. >> reporter: michelle le's brother choked back tears, saying that today's arrest may be progress in the case but it won't bring back his sister. >> tomorrow is actually my 24th birthday, and she would always call me and tell me happy birthday. and to tell me that she loved me. and that -- i just want to hear her voice. >> esteban was arrested this morning, about 10:00 as she was leaving her residence. >> reporter: hayward police say that giselle esteban has been a person of interest since the beginning. and evidence taken from esteban's union city apartment one day after her disappearance helped to link her to the death. >> dna, recovered during a search warrant a

michelle le. amy hollyfield is live at the hayward courthouse, where the woman suspected of murdering lee is set to appear this morning. amy? >> reporter: investigators are hoping to at least figure out the gender of the person whose remains were found this weekend. i would help the prosecutor's case in court. there is no indication that remains do or do not belong to michelle le. nothing of course like jewelry. remains were found from volunteers on an organized search for le. the remains were found near niles canyon and the hope is they belong to le but police say it could belong to anybody. >> there are some homeless people that come around here. you've got, we've had many, many scenarios where we have found bodies not reported missing persons. >> esteban zest charged with le's murder. she is expected to enter a plea in court today. esteban earlier told abc7

michelle le was last seen where she was taking a nursing class. she left that class during a break and never returned that was four months ago. now we will try to get more information on the latest developments on this case. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a star studded movie premiere is set for oakland in the paramount theater where some big hollywood names are expected to show up. you can see the march key, a right off of prod way and many facts are expected -- broadway and many fans are expected to be here. it looks like a miniature baseball stand complete with the lights and this movie is about baseball. manager billy bean who the film is about is expected to be here as well. brad pitt plays bean. bean became a revolutionary gm when he started using computer generated analysis. they made the playoffs and angelina jolie made an appearance. other stars who may make an appearance will be here as well. this is obviously a very exciting time for the city of oakland. a few people we spoke to cannot remember if and when a last big movie came h

she is under arrest for the murder of michelle le that disappeared in hayward back in may. police revealed the evidence they have. surveillance video showing esteban before and after michelle disappeared and also dna on tennis shoes and they also have cellphone evidence. >> cell tower activation, michelle's phone and esteban's phone traveled on a similar path to locations in alameda county immediately after the disappearance. >> reporter: motive could be jealousy we don't know if she is guilty but she did call abc7 after she disappeared to deny any involvement in the disappearance but did admit she hated le her because of her involvement with her ex-boyfriend. getting back to the locks of the body, they don't expect it. they are planning another search for le's body not this weekend but the next. >>> this morning in carson city, nevada they are trying to figure out if a gunman was specifically targeting national guard members at an ihop restaurant, five people were killed. national guard members they were having a breakfast meeting when 32-year-old shot them with an assault

how did michelle le die? now, it was saturday morning a search near sunol canyon when a volunteer found human remains just off a dirt path. it's one of the specific areas where police traced cell phone activity from le and her accused killer, giselle esteban, following le's disappearance may 27. the body, though, was so badly decomposed that investigators could not determine the gender. the coroner's office had said it could take up to a week to make the identification but a source says it made a quick identification using dental records. we spoke with a legal analyst who says this development will mean a kick-start to giselle esteban's defense that could begin with an evaluation of her mental health. >> whether she is competent to stand trial at this point in light of her physical condition also in light of the mental issues that are alluded to in those restraining orders, all of that is critical for the defense and it needs to start happening now. >> reporter: he city ban met her court -- giselle esteban me

michelle le back in may. the family has not said much about the discovery they will only think that hayward police for their hard work. >> governor brown signed two bills into law on friday he says this will help to solve the state's budget problems it will provide additional funding to hospitals the governor says this will raise $7 billion in revenue and bring in an additional 6.1 billion infertile--in federal money. and the sec can't is expected to raise more than $200 million in revenue between and within $300 million in two of kaiser's unions will be having a strike we explain what it is all about and what company would do to maintain services for patients. >> the union represents about 1500 psychology workers in california who said the chemical giant is not maintaining proper staffing levels amount other things. they have support from and other union the california nurses association they ranked 17th thousand statewide. this will come out in the largest work stoppage and kaiser history meaning picket lin

le's and police say she blamed michelle le for ruining her relationship with an ex-boyfriend. at her hearing she could be assigned a public defender and may end terrible a plea to the murder charge against her. that plea comes as they investigate possible developments in the michelle le case. a volunteer with the search group found a body off the side of a dirt road and that was located in foot hill road in an unincorporated part of pleasantton. they were not able to tell whether or not it belonged to a man or woman but a spokesperson said the medical examiner may be able to answer that question the gender of that body as early as today. michelle le was last seen where she was taking a nursing class. she left class after a break and never returned nearly four months ago. her body has not been found and heyward police do believe she was murdered. a little later on we are trying to get more information from heyward police about the developments that happened over the weekend. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 5:02 police in south san francisco police investigate a d

investigators have not figured pout if the bones are those of michelle le. legal analysts say, this could delay the case a bit. >> there is going to be the identification issue. there's the cause of death issue. both sides are going to want to evaluate that this is a big potentially delay. because the prosecution is going to have their experts evaluate the body. then the defense is as well to see if there's any trauma to the body. any entry wounds into the ribs, to try to establish what happened to michelle. this is a big forensic piece of evidence. >> reporter: esteban made a quick appearance today. this video is from a previous appearance. today she was asked if she was okay with delaying her lee for another week? she said she was. -- she and her new attorney will meet to talk about the case. she accused of killing michelle le. the possible motive jealousy over a will have interest. le disappeared in may. she and esteban knew each other from high school. le's cousin is here. all the way through she has been public talking her cousin and wanting to find her

>>> a break in the case three months after michelle le disappeared. police arrest a woman she knew in high school. good evening, i'm julie haener. >> i'm frank summerville. in one has found a body, but hayward police do have a person of interest under arrest for woman. >> reporter: frank, hayward police are telling us, that security camera video from this kaiser parking garage was a key piece of evidence in the arrest of a murder suspect today. police arrested giselle esteban for murder at her union city home this afternoon. she is a childhood friend of le's, and both attended the same high school. police say le was last seen going to her car in a kaiser garage. >> security camera footage reveals that esteban was present, both before and after michelle's disappearance. >> m i c helle's dna was found on one of the shoes at esteban's home. >> reporter: they do not have a body, cause of death, or a motive. also, esteban once told a news station, she blamed le for breaking up a relationship with a boyfriend. >> our primary concern, was, is, and always wil

breaking news in the case of michelle le. the release says the coroner had not determined the remains of michelle le. the search was the eighth time volunteers have looked for the nursing student. authorities described the area where the remains were found as not heavily traveled. >>> this morning the 27-year- old woman accused of murdering michelle le appeared briefly in court. esteban did not enter a plea. the lawyer representing esteban would only say that the defendant is coping. esteban is due back in court eight or nine days from now. the volunteers who found michelle le's body is the mother of a murdered teenager. amber's mother kerry mcgiver was the woman who found the remains. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. the ktvu morning news will be following this major new development in the michelle le case beginning at 4:30 tomorrow morning. >>> the temperature is heating up and so is fire danger in the bay area. this morning crews evacuated campers in the east bay hills because the fire was burning too close for comf

it was on saturday morning, that le's family, they searched for michelle le, turned up human remains, this in the sunol canyon area. a volunteer with the search party made the discovery and immediately notified a hayward police detective who was also at the search. and sunol and pleasanton, one of the areas where police traced le's and esteban's cell phone activity after le disappeared in may. the gender of the remains which were badly decomposed is still unknown. the coroner's office will try to make an identification using dna tests and dental records. that could take a week. meantime, almeda county search and rescue team went back to the area yesterday to look for clues and said they did find some items. >> they did find a couple of items today. and not sure of their relevance to this -- to the body that was found. but very typical of these kinds of situations, you collect a lot of things, and then you figure out what it means later on. >> police arrested 27-year-old giselle esteban at her union city home about a week and a half ago and found le's dna on the bottom of one of esteba

investigators have not figured pout if the bones are those of michelle le. legal analysts say, this could delay the case a bit. >> there is going to be the identification issue. there's the cause of death issue. both sides are going to want to evaluate that this is a big potentially delay. because the prosecution is going to have their experts evaluate the body. then the defense is as well to see if there's any trauma to the body. any entry wounds into the ribs, to try to establish what happened to michelle. this is a big forensic piece of evidence. >> reporter: esteban made a quick appearance today. this video is from a previous appearance. today she was asked if she was okay with delaying her lee for another week? she said she was. -- she and her new attorney will meet to talk about the case. she accused of killing michelle le. the possible motive jealousy over a will have interest. le disappeared in may. she and esteban knew each other from high school. le's cousin is here. all the way through she has been public talking her cousin and wanting to find her

breaking news in the case of michelle le. the release says the coroner had not determined the remains of michelle le. the search was the eighth time volunteers have looked for the nursing student. authorities described the area where the remains were found as not heavily traveled. >>> this morning the 27-year- old woman accused of murdering michelle le appeared briefly in court. esteban did not enter a plea. the lawyer representing esteban would only say that the defendant is coping. esteban is due back in court eight or nine days from now. the volunteers who found michelle le's body is the mother of a murdered teenager. amber's mother kerry mcgiver was the woman who found the remains. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. the ktvu morning news will be following this major new development in the michelle le case beginning at 4:30 tomorrow morning. >>> the temperature is heating up and so is fire danger in the bay area. this morning crews evacuated campers in the east bay hills because the fire was burning too close for comf

if the body that was found here is that of michelle le or someone else. they are hoping maybe in just a few days at least to be able to determine if the remains is that of a male or female. >>> that is photo of giselle esteban, a former friend of le. she was arrested earlier this month and charged with murder in the case. police believe esteban attacked the nursing student in the parking garage at kaiser hospital in high ward. she is due back in court tomorrow. >>> there are renewed calls to permanently end the air show in reno after friday's deadly crash. the death toll stands at nine. n.t.s.b. investigators took their first tour of the scene last night. during friday's races a world war ii p-51 mustang went into a nosedive crashing on to the tarmac. spectators were hit by a wall of flying shrapnel. alan wang has our update. >> reporter: some noticed a strange engine noise from above. seconds later the plane nose-dived into a vip section. going up and impossible angle slightly above vertical. >> it twisted and turned and wham! it was all brown smoke and

she is under arrest for nursing student michelle le. she disappeared from the parking garage back in may. they are revealing the evidence against esteban. surveillance video before the disappearance and after. also tennis shoes found with le's dna on them and they have cellphone evidence. >>> cellphone records and cell tower activation shows that michelle's phone and esteban's phone traveled on a similar path to other locations within alameda county immediately after her disappearance. >> she would always call me, say happy birthday and telling me she loved me. >> reporter: that was recorded yesterday meaning today is michael le's birthday. what would be the motive? some say it could be jealousy, esteban called abc7 and she didn't have any involvement but she hated le. esteban has a history of violence and mental illness. esteban is expected in court today at 2:00. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news". >>> protestors plan an unusual thursday demonstration at a downtown san francisco bart station. they hope to draw enough people to overwhelm th

>>> good morning, amy hollyfield live in hayward where the family of michelle le is hoping to hear a pregnant murder defendant enter a plea today. giselle esteban is due in court. >> weather-wise we're off to a cloudy start. beautiful picture of coit tower. talk about thunderstorms in the sierra and a warming trend in our forecast. >>> good morning. sue hall, traffic center, live shot of the bay bridge, checking monday morning commute. i'll have the details in a few minutes. >>> it is a monday. thank you so much for starting our day with us. i'm kristen sze. >> union city woman accused of killing a former friend out of jealousy is set to try again to make a plea in court today. she will come face to face with the family of a victim nursing student michelle le. >>> family members say they will be here. family has been so dedicated to finding michelle le and so committed to this case even the lieutenant in the case called it one of the most impressive examples of mobilizing in a crisis. the family will be here to watch giselle esteban face the charge against her. there is a chance that

body found here is that of michelle le or that of someone else. they are hoping to at least determine if the remains were that of a male or female in the next few days. leslie brinkley. abc7 news. >> giselle esteban, a former friend of le, was arrested earlier this month and charged with murder in the case. they believe she attacked the nursing student in the parking garage in hayward. esteban is due back it in court tomorrow. >> there are renewed calls to permanently end the airshow in reno after friday's deadly crash. the death toll now stands at 9. ntsb investigators took their first tour of the season last night. during friday's race as world war ii p-51 mustang took a nose dive, crashing into the tarmac. investigators were hit by a wall of flying shrapnel. adam wong has our update. >> some noticed a strange gurgling engine noise from above. seconds later the p-51 mustang pitched upward, twirled and nose dived into a vii section. >> he's going up at an impossible angle slightly above vertical and twisted and turned and, wham! it was all brown

. >> three and a half months after nursing student michelle le disappeared from a parking lot, police say they have the personal responsible behind bars. le's family held hands and fought back tears as police announced they've arrested le's former high school classmate, giselle esteban for le's alleged killing. >> security camera footage at the hospital parking structure where michelle's car had been reveals esteban was present both before and after michelle's disappearance. physical evidence has identified esteban as being inside michelle's vehicle. >> police searched esteban's union city home again this morning. previous searches uncovered a shoe that had michelle's dna on it. while police call the evidence compelling, so far they done know the motive. >> i don't know the answer to that question. i'm certain the investigators don't know the answer to that question. that question may only be answered, i'm assuming, maybe by esteban herself. >> we once emphasized and let everyone know that isn't over until michelle is home. we're not giving up until she's back with us. >> le's family

and this is where michelle le was last seen. 7:00 p.m. on friday, may 27th she grabs her cellphone told a friend that she need to get something from her car and then headed to the rush. surveillance cameras show her car being driven out of a large packages in the show who was driving. her white honda crv was found next to a half a mile away on a cul- de-sac. her cellphone was not inside. investigators say event content itself on tires--towers before going silent. her family reporter her missing and it was not until 65 later that they searched her apartment on may 29th. there was two days out to the disappearance on june 2nd she was interviewed as personal interest in the case. the police search her home again, the same day as this announcement. >> to help police, now officially classifies this case as a homicide. >> passed along remains out of sight, but her ex- boyfriend said she and history of violent behavior one describe how she tried strangling him. >> she is a very short temper and chief flies off the handle she really flies off the

. >> while the family mourns, they are also being praised, the family of michelle le, who refused to give up until they found her. >> now that le's remains have been found, the family's determination is being called a model for others. jody is live in hayward where many same they deserve a lot of credit. >> reporter: that's right. michelle le's family put their lives on hold to search for her and worked non-stop to keep her in the spotlight. many are saying without the family's efforts, this case may never have been resolved. >> it was pivotal that they stayed focused the way they did. it's unsurpassed in my opinion. >> reporter: hey pardon police lieutenant roger says it's the perseverance of michelle le's family that led to her discovery. police came up empty-handed in seven separate searches. the family refused to give up. >> we had come to a point where we said we search and we searched and weren't able to find anything. the family said, we're not going to let that lie there. we are not done with this and want to bring michelle home. tell us where to search. >> reporter: it was t

. >>> her own personal tragedy brought her to the bay area and she found michelle le's body. one mom's mission to help another grieving family. >>> the menu is tough to digest. how the government justifies spending $16 on a muffin. >> sometimes fake id's are better that night real ones. g really good fake id's cropping up at bars. where they're coming from and how easy it is to get one. good evening, i'm ken. >> and i'm dana king. >> we learned more about how volunteers found michelle le's body. enter specifically, who helped find it. it turns out it was a woman who knows all too well what it's like to have a missing daughter. the woman from san diego county, along with her dog, found the remains over the weekend in a wooded area near senole. robert lyles on her personal mission. >> perhaps it takes profound loss to understand the profound need to find the missing. and terri understands profound loss. her 14-year-old daughter, amber dubois disappeared from a street in february, 2009. it would be more than a year before searchers would find her skeletal remains. >> every morni

meanwhile, family and friends of michelle le gathered last night. they held a vigil in oakland where she was scheduled to graduate nursing school. the vigil was held four months to the minute after she was last seen. >> she was always willing to help with any task, large or small. ready any time to help those she loved and those she barely knew. generous and giving, michelle was preparing for a self-less life as a nurse, like her mom. >> reporter: 27-year-old giselle esteban is being held without bail for the murder of le, the two went to high school together in san diego. esteban told abc7 news she openly hated le. she believes le interfered with her relationship with the father of her 5-year-old child but said she had nothing to do with her disappearance. esteban is pregnant and missed her first court appearance to be checked out with a doctor. today, she is scheduled to answer to the charge of murder. and she is expected to enter a plea. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 5:04. in oakland, hundreds of parents and teachers are fighting the district's

she found michelle le's body. why the southern california woman >>> i actually thought it would break me completely down and i wouldn't be able to search anymore. >> she found michelle le's body. why the southern california woman says the discovery was so amazing. >> it's definitely the california way to make breaks. >> prohibition is over. the popular drinks are finally legal for bay area bars to serve. >>> we've given our lives to sutter and they want to take that away. >> they say all they want is better healthcare but what's really behind tomorrow's big nurses' strike. >>> and normally you need a body to perform an autopsy. well, not anymore. tonight, our dr. kim shows how it's being done for the first time ever here in the bay area. good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm dana king. >>> a woman who isn't even from the bay area did what local police couldn't do, she found michelle le's body. >> yeah, she never even -- she never even knew michelle but it became a personal mission for her. >> i thought it would br

she found michelle le's body. why the southern california woman sa >>> i actually thought it would break me completely down and i wouldn't be able to search anymore. >> she found michelle le's body. why the southern california woman says the discovery was so amazing. >> it's definitely the california way to make breaks. >> prohibition is over. the popular drinks are finally legal for bay area bars to serve. >>> we've given our lives to sutter and they want to take that away. >> they say all they want is better healthcare but what's really behind tomorrow's big nurses' strike. >>> and normally you need a body to perform an autopsy. well, not anymore. tonight, our dr. kim shows how it's being done for the first time ever here in the bay area. good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm dana king. >>> a woman who isn't even from the bay area did what local police couldn't do, she found michelle le's body. >> yeah, she never even -- she never even knew michelle but it became a personal mission for her. >> i thought it would

meanwhile, michelle le's family and friends are on pins an needles as they wait for that process to be complete. her alleged killer today made another court appearance. if giselle esteban is feeling rattl rattled, you couldn't see it on her face today. just a day after they found a body. >> she's coping. >> reporter: esteban's newly appointed attorney asked for more time to get up to speed in the case, but as esteban copes with her situation, le's loved ones are anxiously waiting for the coroner to identify the human remains found by searchers in sunol canyon over the weekend, the very area where police say esteban's cell phone records show she traveled after le disappeared. >> if this is michelle le, this is a huge break for the prosecution because they have gutted the defense case of saying that michelle le may still be alive. >> reporter: legal analyst steve clark says if the body is indeed le, it's the missing piece of the puzzle that should reveal the answers to so many questions and potentially give prosecutors the ammunition they need to throw the book at esteban. >> it also is

this morning the woman accused of murdering michelle le appeared in court. giselle esteban did not enter a plea today, that was postponed till she is assigned a attorney. the attorney today said this. >> she is coping. >>> the legal analyst says it's important giselle esteban get a lawyer quickly. >> she had no one advocating for her or her position in the case. establishing what her mental health is now or at the time of the incident, all of that is critical so we can have a viable defense. >> reporter: in an interesting twist, the mother of amber due buwaw who found the skeletal remains that may be of michelle le. she came up to the east bay over the weekend to help in the search and help find the remains. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police made an arrest in a string of taxi cab robberies. at least four drivers have been robbed since mid-august. investigators say the suspected with ask to be taken to a certain intersection and he would threatthen driver and demand money. the name of the suspect hasn't been released. >>>

michelle le's friend and ex-boyfriends were attending. also was michelle le's brother. and left without comment. >> we can't comment on gisele. >> we just want to focus on bringing michelle home. we don't want to talk about the case. we want to find michelle. >> reporter: michelle le's family is organizing another search party. they'll be going out on september 17th. esteban will be back in court monday morning to enter a plea in this case. reporting live in hayward, cbs5. >>> september 11th took a terrible toll on many first responders. >> what they're doing to help offset their pain. >>> a massive blackout, 5 million people without power from california to mexico. how one man may have triggered it all. a live look at lower manhattan tonight, where you can see the ,,,,,,,, >>> we are taking a live picture right now out of lower manhattan where you can see the freedom towers. the memorial is scheduled to open to the public on september 12th. new york is gearing up to commemorate the 10th 10th anniversary of the worst terror attacks in u.s. history. >>> and here in the b

they are planning a public memorial for michelle le. we will have details for you as soon as the plans are finalized. live in hayward amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> all right amy, thank you. >>> san francisco's police chief says the officers followed department guidelines when one of them shot at an armed suspect in north beach. but hit two bystanders instead. the chief defended the officers' action at a community meeting in north beach last night. officer fired at an armed suspect early saturday morning on broadway near kearney. the shot missed the suspect but hit an oakley man in the ankle and a woman in the thigh. chief sir says that shot forced the 20-year-old suspect to surrender and drop the gun he was carrying. >> an officer believes his or her life is in danger, they can defend themselves. >> one day i might be walking by. i don't want to get hurt. i don't want innocent people to get hurt. >> the chief says the department could not feel worse two bystanders were hurt but he believes the officers had to do to respond to an immedia

michelle le was last seen at kaiser medical center in hayward, almost four months ago. she was a nursing student there. she left during a class and never returned. but again, a little later on this morning a k-9 unit with the alameda county sheriff's department is going to be out here. they are going to be looking for more evidence and more clues in the area where this body was found. live in alameda county, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 11 days ago gizelle esteban was arrested and charged with le's death, expected back in court tomorrow morning where she may be assigned a public defender and could enter a plea. esteban is a former high school friend of le's. esteban blamed le for ruining her relationship with her boyfriend. >>> new developments this morning for the 1kwr5eu8d uc -- jailed uc berkeley graduates in iran. they may remain locked up for a couple more days because the judge on vacation. the attorney for shane bauer and josh fattal said yesterday he still needs a signature from a second judge to approve the paperwork but the judge did not return from

. >> police have more sent the bodies of michelle le in fact the and not even identified the body they were milking about a quarter of a mile back that would. this is as far to can go to the area blocked off and then he were police or a fissured guarding the crime scene. the discovery of human remains came 10 days after the police arrested a woman suspected of killing michelle le. this informant years searching for michelle le on saturday found the remains bound to and 30 a.m. to exceed the body is badly decomposed. >> right now we cannot even tell the gender, if it is a male female the body has not been their a short time but has not been there a very long time. >> the area this new town offer of interest to a 680. the work please point to the family to share in cash and diphtheria because her cellphone signaled ended in this region. >> is a brush area near the railroad tracks is an area that is now will travel. >> police arrested her former high school classmate on september 7th they said that she killed michelle lee. >> the corners office took off with a human remains about team, th

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