her family held this vigil near the place where her car was found. >> we wanted the fbi to get involved and all of this and we were just making a lot of noise. >> quietly attending was scott, the young man the police had questioned a week earlier, giselle esteban's old boyfriend, remember, the father of her child. two days later, the family was called back to the police station for an important meeting. the police finally had a chance to search michelle's car. and the status of her case had been changed from missing person to homicide. and the family felt blindsided. >> they said, you know, i think you have to get comfortable with the fact that your sister is probably dead. we were horrified. >> and just like that, the information door closed. the hayward police told the family it was a murder investigation now, so department policy, they could reveal nothing more. and therefore couldn't or wouldn't tell the family why they thought michelle was dead.