welcome back. for months michelle s family stubbornly clung to the belief they would bring her home alife. those hopes were dashed when a search dog discovered skeletal remains and just like that michelle had been found. now gisele was heading to trial accused of murdering her former best friend. and the defense team was about to do something quite surprising. here again is keith morrison. reporter: in october of 2012, when giselle esteban went on trial for the murder of michelle le, prosecutor butch ford expected he d have his hands full. i thought she would fight tooth and nail that she didn t do it because she doesn t want her family and, more importantly, probably her kids to know that she s responsible for that. reporter: so in his opening statement, ford laid out a devastating case all pointing to premeditated, first-degree